Ann Radcliffe

Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.

— Ann Radcliffe

“Towards evening, they wound down precipices, black with forest of cypress, pine and cedar, into a glen so savage and secluded, that,…

— Ann Radcliffe

“At some distance from the tribunal stood a large iron frame, which Vivaldi conjectured to be the rack, and near it another,…

— Ann Radcliffe

I ought not to doubt the steadiness of your affection. Yet such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always…

— Ann Radcliffe

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a…

— Ann Radcliffe

“She had passed the spring of youth, but her wit prolonged the triumph of its reign, and they mutually assisted the fame…

— Ann Radcliffe

“My dear sir,’ said Emily, timidly, ‘what mean those tears?’—they speak, I fear, another language—they plead for me.”

— Ann Radcliffe

“And yet I fear you; for you are fatal then, When your eyes roll so. Alas! why gnaw you so your nether…

— Ann Radcliffe

“Why all this terror?' said he, in a tremulous voice. 'Hear me, Emily: I come not to alarm you; no, by Heaven!…

— Ann Radcliffe

I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be…

— Ann Radcliffe

Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each…

— Ann Radcliffe

“She wanted to complain, not to be consoled; and it was by exclamations of complaint only, Emily learned the particular circumstances of…

— Ann Radcliffe

“I dare not say what that fate would be,” interrupted the father, “or what my own, should I consent to assist you;…

— Ann Radcliffe

What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and…

— Ann Radcliffe

Do you believe your heart to be, indeed, so hardened, that you can look without emotion on the suffering, to which you…

— Ann Radcliffe

If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or,…

— Ann Radcliffe

What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.

— Ann Radcliffe

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the…

— Ann Radcliffe

Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

— Ann Radcliffe

“Is power then,” said Vivaldi, “the infallible test of justice? Is it morality to obey where the command is criminal? The whole…

— Ann Radcliffe

There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit…

— Ann Radcliffe

The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the…

— Ann Radcliffe

“The sound of her voice, and this acknowledgment of obligation, made him less willing to go than before, but at length he…

— Ann Radcliffe

O! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is…

— Ann Radcliffe

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the…

— Ann Radcliffe