“Hers was the perfect love that dwells on the other's happiness, and not on its own. She knew that, though for the time being he would find bliss and oblivion in her arms, he would soon repine in inactivity whilst… — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
“She looks very virtuous and very melancholy." "Virtue is like the precious odors, most fragrant when it is crushed.” — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
“Hers was the perfect love that dwells on the other's happiness, and not on its own. She knew that, though for the time being… — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
“Your conscience troubles you unnecessarily, and you see a deliberate intention in every simple act.” — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
“The moral crisis she'd just gone through made her feel indulgent toward the faults, the delinquencies of others. How thoroughly a human being can… — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
“The present is not so glorious but that I should wish to dwell a little in the past.” — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
“Anonymity crowned him as if t'were the halo of romantic glory.” — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
“She looks very virtuous and very melancholy." "Virtue is like the precious odors, most fragrant when it is crushed.” — Baroness Emma Orczy Copy Share Image
