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> [“I will defend the oppressed, and glory in the virtue, which teaches me, that it is the first duty of humanity to do so. Yes, my Lord, if it must be so, I am ready to sacrifice inferior duties to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/i-will-defend-the-oppressed-and-glory-in-the-virtue-which-teaches-me/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

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## More by Ann Radcliffe

> [Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/wisdom-can-boast-no-higher-attainment-than-happiness/)

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> [“Towards evening, they wound down precipices, black with forest of cypress, pine and cedar, into a glen so savage and secluded, that, if Solicitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/towards-evening-they-wound-down-precipices-black-with-forest-of/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [“At some distance from the tribunal stood a large iron frame, which Vivaldi conjectured to be the rack, and near it another, resembling, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/at-some-distance-from-the-tribunal-stood-a-large-iron-frame-which/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [I ought not to doubt the steadiness of your affection. Yet such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/i-ought-not-to-doubt-the-steadiness-of-your-affection-yet-such-is-the/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/how-strange-it-is-that-a-fool-or-knave-with-riches-should-be-treated/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [“She had passed the spring of youth, but her wit prolonged the triumph of its reign, and they mutually assisted the fame of each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/she-had-passed-the-spring-of-youth-but-her-wit-prolonged-the-triumph/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [“My dear sir,’ said Emily, timidly, ‘what mean those tears?’—they speak, I fear, another language—they plead for me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/my-dear-sir-said-emily-timidly-what-mean-those-tears-they-speak-i/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [“And yet I fear you; for you are fatal then, When your eyes roll so. Alas! why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/and-yet-i-fear-you-for-you-are-fatal-then-when-your-eyes-roll-so-alas/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [“Why all this terror?' said he, in a tremulous voice. 'Hear me, Emily: I come not to alarm you; no, by Heaven! I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/why-all-this-terror-said-he-in-a-tremulous-voice-hear-me-emily-i-come/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/i-wish-that-all-those-who-on-this-night-are-not-merry-enough-to-speak/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/virtue-and-taste-are-nearly-the-same-for-virtue-is-little-more-than/)

[Ann Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-radcliffe/)

> [“She wanted to complain, not to be consoled; and it was by exclamations of complaint only, Emily learned the particular circumstances of her affliction”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/she-wanted-to-complain-not-to-be-consoled-and-it-was-by-exclamations/)

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> [“I dare not say what that fate would be,” interrupted the father, “or what my own, should I consent to assist you; but, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/i-dare-not-say-what-that-fate-would-be-interrupted-the-father-or-what/)

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> [What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/what-are-riches-grandeur-health-itself-to-the-luxury-of-a-pure/)

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> [Do you believe your heart to be, indeed, so hardened, that you can look without emotion on the suffering, to which you would condemn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-radcliffe/do-you-believe-your-heart-to-be-indeed-so-hardened-that-you-can-look/)

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