Famous Quotes | Innocence of Life and great...
Innocence of Life and great Ability were the distinguishing Parts of his Character; the latter, he had often observed, had led to the Destruction of the former, and used frequently to lament that Great and Good had not the same Signification.
- Richard Steele
Attribution: Richard Steele (1672–1729), British author. Sir Roger de Coverley, in The Spectator, No. 109 (1711). Said of the ancestor of the character Sir Roger de Coverley, a country gentleman.
Categories: Author, Goodness, Greatness
