Ann Radcliffe Quotes

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• At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the…
• One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
• Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own…
• There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.
• I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
• The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as…
• I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to…
• But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the…
• There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have…
• And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear,…
• Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.
• I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.
• Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.
• It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!
• If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral,…
• The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who…
• Fate sits on these dark battlements and frowns, And as the portal opens to receive me, A voice in hollow murmurs through the courts Tells…
• How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or…
• When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.
• Happiness has this essential difference from what is commonly called pleasure, that virtue forms its basis, and virtue being the offspring of reason, may be…

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