--- title: "4 Journal Quotes By Fanny Burney" description: "4 Journal quotes by Fanny Burney. Plus more from Fanny Burney and more Journal sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/fanny-burney-7403_animal_i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-bein_485407.jpg" --- > [ I never pretend to be so superior a being as to be above having and indulging a hobby horse \[her journal writing\],… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-being-as-to-be-above-having-and/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/fanny-burney-7403_animal_i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-bein_485407.jpg) > [To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/to-have-some-account-of-my-thoughts-manners-acquaintance-and-actions/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/fanny-burney-7403_accounts_to-have-some-account-of-my-thoughts-mann_2013954.jpg) > [To Nobody, then, will I write my Journal! since to Nobody can I be wholly unreserved, to Nobody can I reveal every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/to-nobody-then-will-i-write-my-journal-since-to-nobody-can-i-be/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/fanny-burney-7403_diaries_to-nobody-then-will-i-write-my-journal-s_2392418.jpg) > [How truly does this journal contain my real and undisguised thoughts--I always write it according to the humour I am in, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/how-truly-does-this-journal-contain-my-real-and-undisguised-thoughts/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/fanny-burney-7403_capricious_how-truly-does-this-journal-contain-my-r_2537223.jpg) ## Other authors on Journal ## More by Fanny Burney > [falsehood is not more unjustifiable than unsafe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/falsehood-is-not-more-unjustifiable-than-unsafe/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [O! how short a time does it take to put an end to a woman's liberty!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/o-how-short-a-time-does-it-take-to-put-an-end-to-a-woman-s-liberty/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [“The hautbois in the open air is heavenly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/the-hautbois-in-the-open-air-is-heavenly/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/to-despise-riches-may-indeed-be-philosophic-but-to-dispense-them/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [Imagination took the reins, and reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/imagination-took-the-reins-and-reason-slow-paced-though-sure-footed/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/the-mind-naturally-accommodates-itself-even-to-the-most-ridiculous/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [“Young, animated, entirely off your guard, and thoughtless of consequences, Imagination took the reins; and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to the race…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/young-animated-entirely-off-your-guard-and-thoughtless-of/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [the right line of conduct is the same for both sexes, though the manner in which it is pursued, may somewhat vary, and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/the-right-line-of-conduct-is-the-same-for-both-sexes-though-the/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [“Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/generosity-without-delicacy-like-wit-without-judgment-generally-gives/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/far-from-having-taken-any-positive-step-i-have-not-yet-even-fommed/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [ I never pretend to be so superior a being as to be above having and indulging a hobby horse \[her journal writing\], and while… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-being-as-to-be-above-having-and/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [ The laws of custom make our \[returning a visit\] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/the-laws-of-custom-make-our-returning-a-visit-necessary-o-how-i-hate/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [“Mock you!" repeated he earnestly, "no I revere you! I esteem and I admire you above all human beings! you are the friend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/mock-you-repeated-he-earnestly-no-i-revere-you-i-esteem-and-i-admire/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [“Their regard may be mutually useful, since much is to be expected from emulation where nothing is to be feared from envy. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/their-regard-may-be-mutually-useful-since-much-is-to-be-expected-from/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) > [Well of all things in the world, I don't suppose anything can be so dreadful as a public wedding--my stars!--I should never be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/well-of-all-things-in-the-world-i-don-t-suppose-anything-can-be-so/) [Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journal/fanny-burney/#itemlist", "name": "4 Journal Quotes By Fanny Burney", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never pretend to be so superior a being as to be above having and indulging a hobby horse [her journal writing], and while I keep mine within due bounds and limits, nobody, I flatter myself, would wish to deprive me of the poor animal: to be sure, he is not formed for labour, and is rather lame and weak, but then the dear creature is faithful, constant, and loving, and though he sometimes prances, would not kick anyone into the mire, or hurt a single soul for the world--and I would not part with him for one who could win the greatest prize that ever was won at any races.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fanny Burney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-being-as-to-be-above-having-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/fanny-burney-7403_animal_i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-bein_485407.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/fanny-burney-7403_animal_i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-bein_485407.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/fanny-burney-7403_animal_i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-bein_485407.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never pretend to be so superior a being as to be above having and indulging a hobby horse [her journal…” — Fanny Burney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a journal: a journal in which I must confess my every thought, must open my whole heart!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fanny Burney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/to-have-some-account-of-my-thoughts-manners-acquaintance-and-actions/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/fanny-burney-7403_accounts_to-have-some-account-of-my-thoughts-mann_2013954.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/fanny-burney-7403_accounts_to-have-some-account-of-my-thoughts-mann_2013954.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/fanny-burney-7403_accounts_to-have-some-account-of-my-thoughts-mann_2013954.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time…” — Fanny Burney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To Nobody, then, will I write my Journal! 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