Emily Eden Quotes

• what are we all sent into the world for, but to be of use to each other?

  Emily Eden

  Use, World

  Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.231

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• It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!

  Emily Eden

  Too Late, Half, Hours

  Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.174

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• There is nothing so catching as refinement.

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  Refinement, Catching

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.356

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• People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.

  Emily Eden

  Jealousy, Real, Hard Work

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.8

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• Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?

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  Keeping Secrets, Fool, Instinct

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.120

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• I like a good murder that can't be found out. That is, of course it is very shocking, but I like to hear about it.

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  Murder, Found, Courses

  Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.212

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