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> [But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one keeps on in the selfish, matter-of-fact prudence of minding one's own business, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/but-have-you-never-noticed-that-when-one-has-been-trying-to-do/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

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## More by Geraldine Jewsbury

> [One's conscience reproaches one much more stingingly for one's follies than one's crimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/one-s-conscience-reproaches-one-much-more-stingingly-for-one-s/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different from what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/our-wishes-never-seem-so-little-desirable-as-when-on-the-verge-of/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [society ... is tolerant of crimes, and long suffering with dullness, but it shows no mercy to those who are different from other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/society-is-tolerant-of-crimes-and-long-suffering-with-dullness-but-it/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [People always make mistakes when they fancy themselves exceptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/people-always-make-mistakes-when-they-fancy-themselves-exceptions/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [What would become of the world without the Devil? Under all the different systems of religion that have guided or misguided the world for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/what-would-become-of-the-world-without-the-devil-under-all-the/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/but-have-you-never-noticed-that-when-one-has-been-trying-to-do/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like something from between the regions of truth and fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/did-you-ever-see-a-giraffe-it-is-like-something-from-between-the/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [I wish there were some photographic process by which one's mind could be struck off and transferred to that of the friend we wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/i-wish-there-were-some-photographic-process-by-which-one-s-mind-could/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [Love ... is a sacred fire that must not be burnt to idols.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/love-is-a-sacred-fire-that-must-not-be-burnt-to-idols/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the period of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/men-change-less-than-is-imagined-their-after-life-is-only-a/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [Whilst you live a very little religion seems enough; but believe me, it requires a great deal when you come to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/whilst-you-live-a-very-little-religion-seems-enough-but-believe-me-it/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/there-is-no-wisdom-equal-to-that-which-comes-after-the-event/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

> [Death is the last fact of which we can be certain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/death-is-the-last-fact-of-which-we-can-be-certain/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

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