Famous Quotes | An acquaintance with the muses,...

An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften the manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination, and a kind of polish to the mind in severer studies. - Samuel Richardson
Attribution: Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), British novelist. Third edition, London (1742). Pamela, in Pamela, vol. 4, p. 353.

Categories: Education, Poetry And Poets, Youth

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