"A widow’s refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope." ― Samuel Richardson Topic(s): Music Tags: refusal, widow More From Samuel Richardson "There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be." "Women do not often fall in love with philosophers." "Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife." More In Music "I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music."― David Hockney "I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock ‘n’ roll spirit, swagger to the game."― Adam Lambert "Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."― William Congreve