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> [“I should tell you all with pleasure,' said the General, 'but you would not believe me.' 'Why should I not?' he asked. 'Because', he answered testily, 'you believe in nothing but what consists with your own prejudices and illusions. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/i-should-tell-you-all-with-pleasure-said-the-general-but-you-would/)

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## More by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

> [“From these foolish embraces, which were not of very frequent occurrence, I must allow, I used to wish to extricate myself; but my energies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/from-these-foolish-embraces-which-were-not-of-very-frequent/)

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> [You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/you-are-afraid-to-die-yes-everyone-is-but-to-die-as-lovers-may-to-die/)

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> [Knowledge is power-and power of one sort or another is the secret lust of human souls; and here is, beside the sense of exploration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/knowledge-is-power-and-power-of-one-sort-or-another-is-the-secret/)

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> [“What was the power that induced strong soldiers to put off their jackets and shirts, and present their hands to be tied up, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/what-was-the-power-that-induced-strong-soldiers-to-put-off-their/)

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> [What a fool I was! and yet, in the sight of angels, are we any wiser as we grow older? It seems to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/what-a-fool-i-was-and-yet-in-the-sight-of-angels-are-we-any-wiser-as/)

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> [For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/for-some-nights-i-slept-profoundly-but-still-every-morning-i-felt-the/)

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> [Old persons are sometimes as unwilling to die as tired-out children are to say good night and go to bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/old-persons-are-sometimes-as-unwilling-to-die-as-tired-out-children/)

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> [“The stream of life is black and angry; how so many of us get across without drowning, I often wonder. The best way is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/the-stream-of-life-is-black-and-angry-how-so-many-of-us-get-across/)

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> [Women are so enigmatical – some in everything – all in matters of the heart. Don't they sometimes actually admire what is repulsive?...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/women-are-so-enigmatical-some-in-everything-all-in-matters-of-the/)

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> [I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/i-remember-everything-about-it-with-an-effort-i-see-it-all-as-divers/)

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> [“Thus fortified I might take my rest in peace. But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/thus-fortified-i-might-take-my-rest-in-peace-but-dreams-come-through/)

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> [“She was slender, and wonderfully graceful. Except that her movements were languid—very languid—indeed, there was nothing in her appearance to indicate an invalid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/she-was-slender-and-wonderfully-graceful-except-that-her-movements/)

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> [“Places change imperceptibly – in detail, at least – a good deal,' said the Doctor, making an effort to keep up a conversation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/places-change-imperceptibly-in-detail-at-least-a-good-deal-said-the/)

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> [Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/nevertheless-life-and-death-are-mysterious-states-and-we-know-little/)

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> [There comes with old age a time when the heart is no longer fusible or malleable, and must retain the form in which it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/there-comes-with-old-age-a-time-when-the-heart-is-no-longer-fusible/)

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