People Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell

9 People quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Elizabeth Gaskell’s nine brief reflections on people capture her compassionate storytelling and social awareness. Though the set is modest, each line feels like a gentle probe into the lives of everyday folk.

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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

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I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their…

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What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction…

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I wish I could love people as you do, Molly!' 'Don't you?' said the other, in surprise. 'No. A good number of…

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People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they…

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But Margaret went less abroad, among machinery and men; saw less of power in its public effect, and, as it happened, she…

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I do try to say, God’s will be done, sir,” said the Squire, looking up at Mr. Gibson for the first time,…

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It seemed as though he gave way all at once; he was so languid that he could not control his thoughts; they…

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Mr. Thornton felt that in this influx no one was speaking to Margaret, and was restless under this apparent neglect. But he…

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“Osborne and Roger knowing that the wife of the former was a Frenchwoman, and, conscious of each other's knowledge, felt doubly awkward; while Molly…

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Well, He had known what love was-a sharp pang, a fierce experience, in the midst of whose flames he was struggling! but, through that…

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In all disappointments sympathy is a great balm.

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But Margaret went less abroad, among machinery and men; saw less of power in its public effect, and, as it happened, she was thrown…

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“And besides, in the matter of friendship, I have observed that the disappointment here arises chiefly, not from liking our friends too well, or…

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What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it…

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“The first question sobbed out by his choking voice, oppressed with emotion, was-- "Where is she?" They led him to the room where his…

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Wearily she went to bed, wearily she arose in four or five hours' time. But with the morning came hope, and a brighter view…

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No one loves me, - no one cares for me, but you, mother.

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I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me.

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Mr. Thorton love Margaret! Why, Margraret would never think of him, I'm sure! Such a thing has never entered her head." "Entering her heart…

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“He never looked at her; and yet, the careful avoidance of his eyes betokened that in some way he knew exactly where, if they…

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“Ay! but mother's words are scarce, and weigh heavy. Father's liker me, and we talk a deal o' rubble; but mother's words are liker…

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Margaret liked this smile; it was the first thing she had admired in this new friend of her father's; and the opposition of character,…

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Don’t be afraid,” she said, coldly, “ as far as love may go she may be worthy of you. It must have taken a…

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