Charlotte Lennox Quotes

• No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.

  Charlotte Lennox

  Envy, Virtue, Envious

  Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.128

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• There is no logic like the logic of the heart.

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  Heart, Logic

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• It is more important to detect corruption than fiction.

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  Important, Fiction, Corruption

  Charlotte Lennox (2009). “The Female Quixote: Easyread Large Edition”, p.348, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.

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  Prejudice, Truth Is, Weak

  Charlotte Lennox (1805). “Henrietta: Embellished with superb engravings”, p.157

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• Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.

  Charlotte Lennox

  Sometimes, Sincerity, Taxes

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• What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.

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  Vanity, Generosity, Giving

  Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.112

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• A hero in one age will be a hero in another.

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  Hero, Age

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• In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.

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  Forgiveness, Revenge, Enemy

  Mrs.charlotte lennox. (1762). “Sophia”, p.139

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• When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.

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  Innocence, Guilty, Innocent

  Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.97

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• Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.

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  Years, May, Infamous

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• We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none.

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  Truth, Lying, Deceived

  Charlotte Lennox (1761). “Henrietta”, p.19

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• Whatever is done by design is always overdone.

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  Design, Done, Planning

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• The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe.

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  Inspirational, Men, Silence

  Charlotte Lennox (2006). “The Female Quixote: Easyread Edition”, p.330, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The life of a good man is a continual prayer.

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  Prayer, Men, Good Man

  Charlotte Lennox (2008). “Euphemia”, p.477, Broadview Press

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• The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.

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  Motivation, Examination, Bears

  Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.190

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• Nothing is more common than for persons to hate those whom they have injured.

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  Hate, Common, Persons

  Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.136

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• The law has no power over heroes.

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  Hero, Power, Law

  Charlotte Lennox (2006). “The Female Quixote: Easyread Edition”, p.198, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It is easy to be just when our own inclinations do not oppose it.

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  Justice, Easy, Inclination

  Charlotte Lennox (1761). “Henrietta”, p.102

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• Truth is not always injured by fiction.

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  Fiction, Literature, Truth Is

  Charlotte Lennox (1820). “The female Quixote; or, The adventures of Arabella”, p.261

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• When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.

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  Action, Censure, Satirist

  Charlotte Lennox (1752). “The Female Quixote, Or, The Adventures of Arabella: In Two Volumes”, p.163

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