E. M. Delafield Quotes
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She is never alone when she has Her Books. Books, to her, are Friends. Give her Shakespeare or Jane Austen, Meredith or Hardy, and she…
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Am sorry to note that abuse and condemnation of a common acquaintance often constitutes very strong bond of union between otherwise uncongenial spirits.
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Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never…
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There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is…
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Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.
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Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.
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