All Baroness Orczy Quotes
- The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end. Day
- To love, for us men, is to clasp one woman with our arms, feeling that she lives and breathes just as we do, suffers as… All
- When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness,… Additional
- In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny. All
- Your mock saint who stands in a niche is not a woman if she have not suffered, still less a woman if she have not… Down
- The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon the… Accompaniment
- We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops All
- She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him Assuming
- A woman's heart is such a complex problem - the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle. Complex
- I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in… Any
- When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their own lives as best they… Admired
- Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them. Bring
- Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine Betrayed
- Odd's fish, m'dear! The man can't even tie his own cravat! Cravat
- Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity. Beings
- Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not,"... Brain
- She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing… All
- A surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures,… Animated
- ...but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his own emotion and… Always Felt
- It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill a chicken...you take hold of… Attempt
- Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed. Crushed
- I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been:… All
- Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands.… Absence
- I shall return, doubt it not. Such love as ours was not created to remain unfulfilled. Whatever may happen, believe and trust in me, as… Believe