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> [For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fanny-burney/for-my-part-i-confess-i-seldom-listen-to-the-players-one-has-so-much/)

[Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fanny-burney/)

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## 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/)

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