Character Quote by Anna Brownell Jameson

“whatever is morally wrong, is equally wrong in man and in woman and no virtue is to be cultivated in one sex, that is not equally required by the other.” quote by Anna Brownell Jameson — Download Open image

“whatever is morally wrong, is equally wrong in man and in woman and no virtue is to be cultivated in one sex, that is not equally required by the other.”

Anna Brownell Jameson

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A cunning mind emphatically delights in its own cunning, and is the ready prey of cunning.

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Opinion has ever been stronger than law.

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What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

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Conflict, which rouses up the best and highest powers in some characters, in others not only jars the whole being, but paralyzes the faculties.

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Satan--the impersonation of that mixture of the bestial, the malignant, the impious, and the hopeless, which constitute the fiend--the enemy of all that is…

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Nature and truth are one, and immutable, and inseparable as beauty and love.

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A good taste in art feels the presence or the absence of merit; a just taste discriminates the degree--the poco piu and the poco meno. A good taste rejects faults; a just taste selects excellences. A good taste is often unconscious; a just taste is always conscious. A good taste may be lowered or spoilt; a just taste can only…

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Avarice is to the intellect what sensuality is to the morals.

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The moment one begins to solder right and wrong together, one's conscience becomes like a piece of plated goods.

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