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Maria Edgeworth Quotes

Maria Edgeworth quotes

Irish Novelist January 1, 1767 – May 22, 1849

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Maria Edgeworth quote: "How success changes the opinion of men!"
How success changes the opinion of men! Maria Edgeworth
The prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics, who aspire to the character of superior wisdom: but if we consider it in a proper point of view, this taste is an incontestible proof of the good sense and profoundly philosophic temper of the present times. Of the numbers who study, or at least who read history, how few derive any advantage from their labors! Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "What a treasure, to meet with any thing a new heart-- all..."
What a treasure, to meet with any thing a new heart-- all hearts, nowadays, are secondhand at best. Maria Edgeworth
So quickly in youth do different and opposite trains of ideas and emotions succeed to each other; and so easy it is, by a timely exercise of reason and self-command, to prevent a fancy from becoming a passion. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that..."
The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves. Maria Edgeworth
If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "... Belinda is not quite so great a philosopher as I imagined."
... Belinda is not quite so great a philosopher as I imagined. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than..."
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that..."
The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business."
Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die."
I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of..."
If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give..."
Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact."
An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact. Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth quote: "Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart."
Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart. Maria Edgeworth

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