Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue and honest fondness one loves people. — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
The pleasures of intimacy in friendship depend far more on external circumstances than people of a sentimental turn of mind are willing to concede;… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
I think character never changes; the Acorn becomes an Oak, which is very little like an Acorn to be sure, but it never becomes… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
[Samuel] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth! — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse. — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
“Living at Venice is like a Journey to the Moon somehow....And a sweet Planet it is!” — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass. — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
Every one in this world has as much as they can do in caring for themselves, and few have leisure really to think of… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces very cruelly. — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
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