Ann Radcliffe Quotes

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• One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Real, World, Action

  Ann Radcliffe (1795). “The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry”, p.214

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• I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Trust, People, Judging

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.689, Delphi Classics

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• How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

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  Wise, Men, Good Man

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1096, Delphi Classics

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• Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

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  Heart, Hands, Giving

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.81, Delphi Classics

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• Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Negativity, Sorrow, Employment

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1093, Delphi Classics

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• Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Happiness, States, Arise

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance”, p.80, 谷月社

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• Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.

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  Wisdom, Attainment, Higher

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho”, p.228, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world without, will be counteracted by the gratifications derived from the world within.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Thinking, Errors, Ideas

  Ann Radcliffe (1795). “The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry”, p.15

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• What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Labor

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• The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!

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  Art, Spring, Passion

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho”, p.550, Simon and Schuster

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• Vanity often produces unreasonable alarm.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Vanity, Alarms, Produce

  Ann Radcliffe (1809). “A Sicilian romance, by the authoress of The castles of Athlin and Dunbayne”, p.11

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• What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

  Ann Radcliffe

  Beauty, Character, Men

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.681, Delphi Classics

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• He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away; when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther, and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters; that hour, which, of all others, inspires the mind with pensive tenderness, and often elevates it to sublime contemplation.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Stars, Dark, Mirrors

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

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  Love, Real, Relapse

  Ann Radcliffe (1998). “The Mysteries of Udolpho”, p.317, OUP Oxford

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• When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

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  Fear, Yield, Mind

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1133, Delphi Classics

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• The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.

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  Passion, Heart, Mind

  Ann Radcliffe (1795). “The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry”, p.132

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• If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Humble, Hands, Effort

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance”, p.665, 谷月社

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• Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value.

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  Inspirational, Poverty, Opinion

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.632, Delphi Classics

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• There is no accounting for tastes.

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  Taste, Accounting

  Ann Radcliffe (1795). “The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry”, p.297

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• There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey.

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  Virtuous, Instance, Disobedience

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1205, Delphi Classics

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• And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Evil, Feelings, Degrees

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance”, p.80, 谷月社

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• When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Fear, Moving, People

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho”, p.640, Booklassic

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• Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.

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  Ornaments, Action, Sentiments

  Ann Radcliffe (1795). “The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry”, p.214

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• Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Real, Taste, Littles

  Ann Radcliffe (1795). “The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry”, p.132

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• At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the whole face of nature, vivifying every colour of the landscape, and sprinkling the dewy earth with glittering light.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Adventure, Light, Unveiling

  Ann Radcliffe (1820). “The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.”, p.27

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