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• We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Real, Character, Men

  Maria Edgeworth “Castle Rackrent”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The labor of thinking was so great to me, that having once come to a conclusion upon any subject, I would rather persist in it, right or wrong, than be at the trouble of going over the process again to revise and rectify my judgment.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Thinking, Judgment, Trouble

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1822). “Works”, p.33

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• Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Wheels, Fortune, Stills

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.20

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• I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Art, Procrastination, Apology

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.388

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• First loves are not necessarily more foolish than others; but the chances are certainly against them. Proximity of time or place, a variety of accidental circumstances more than the essential merits of the object, often produce what is called first love.

  Maria Edgeworth

  First Love, Firsts, Merit

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1824). “Works”, p.216

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• Habit is, to weak minds, a species of moral predestination, from which they have no power to escape.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Mind, Moral, Habit

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1823). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823”, p.271

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• Idleness, ennui, noise, mischief, riot, and a nameless train of mistaken notions of pleasure, are often classed, in a young man's mind, under the general head of liberty.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Men, Mind, Liberty

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.198

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• Come when you're called; And do as you're bid; Shut the door after you; And you'll never be chid.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Doors, Obedience

  'The Contrast' (1804) ch. 1

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• The unaffected language of real feeling and benevolence is easily understood, and is never ridiculous.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Real, Feelings, Ridiculous

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.272

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• Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Beauty, Vanity, Heaven

  Maria Edgeworth (1850). “Helen: A Tale”, p.57

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• how impossible it is not to laugh in some company, or to laugh in others.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Laughter, Laughing, Impossible

  Maria Edgeworth (1894). “The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth”

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• The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Sleep, Long, Mouths

  Maria Edgeworth (1848). “Harrington ; Thoughts on bores ; and, Ormond”, p.209

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• I find the love of garden grows upon me as I grow older more and more. Shrubs and flowers and such small gay things, that bloom and please and fade and wither and are gone and we care not for them, are refreshing interests, in life, and if we cannot say never fading pleasures, we may say unreproved pleasures and never grieving losses.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Life, Appreciation, Gratitude

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• There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Hope, Men, Have A Great Day

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• Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Sports, Men, Ideas

  'Letters of Julia and Caroline' (1787) Letter 1

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• when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Driven, Found, Explaining

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.396

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• you've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Thinking, Expectations, Mountain

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Harrington. Ormond. 1825”, p.236

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• The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Hurt, Class, Bores

  Maria Edgeworth (1874). “Harrington. Thoughts on bores. Ormond”, p.209

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• The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Drinking, Whiskey, Sometimes

  Maria Edgeworth (1848). “Castle Rackrent. An essay on Irish bulls. An essay on the noble science of self-justification. Ennui. The dun”, p.28

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• Love occupies a vast space in a woman's thoughts, but fills a small portion in a man's life.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Men, Space, Portions

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1826). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825”, p.77

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• A love-match was the only thing for happiness, where the parties could any way afford it.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Party, Way

  'Castle Rackrent' (1800) 'Continuation of Memoirs'

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• Nor elves, nor fays, nor magic charm, Have pow'r, or will, to work us harm; For those who dare the truth to tell, Fays, elves, and fairies, wish them well.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Magic, Wish, Fairy

  Maria Edgeworth (1848). “Forester. The Prussian vase. The good aunt. Angelina. The good French governess. Mademoiselle Panache. The knapsack”, p.422

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• Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Sorry, Get Well, Occupation

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1826). “Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825”, p.20

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• We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses and guineas, could carry us.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Travel, Horse, Ideas

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1822). “Works”, p.2

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• A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.

  Maria Edgeworth

  Country, Men, Pleasure

  Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1826). “Works”, p.65

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