Charlotte Charke Quotes

• The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if their malice can't persuade the town's-people into a dislike of their performance, they'll cruelly endeavor to taint their characters.

  Charlotte Charke

  Character, Men, Envy

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• But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship.

  Charlotte Charke

  Friendship, Alas, Misfortunes

  Charlotte CHARKE (1826). “A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber ... Written by herself. With a portrait”

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• Power, when invested in the hands of knaves or fools, generally is the source of tyranny.

  Charlotte Charke

  Power, Hands, Fool

  Charlotte CHARKE (1826). “A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber ... Written by herself. With a portrait”

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• I have observed gratitude to be a principle, that bears the smallest share in the hearts of those where it ought to be most strongly resident, so that I begin to imagine one half of the world don't understand the real etymology of the word.

  Charlotte Charke

  Gratitude, Real, Heart

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• my uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.

  Charlotte Charke

  Marriage, Uncles, Nurse

  Mary Robinson, Charlotte Charke (1830). “Memoirs”

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