All Fanny Kemble Quotes
- Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfill the entire and holiest end of woman's being. End
- Better trust all, and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart, that if believed Had blessed one's life with… All
- I never desire to know anything of the detail of political measures, lest even those which I think best should lose anything of their intrinsic… Base
- They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it. Find
- I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen,… All
- I want to do everything in the world that can be done. Inspirational
- A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their… Belong
- I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again. Been
- Carols of gladness ring from every tree. Carols
- The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving… Curiosity
- Christmas is a season of such infinite labour, as well as expense in the shopping and present-making line, that almost every woman I know is… Afterwards
- The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use, appearing to form… Appearing
- The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not of course, give them the… Become Possessed
- Though the Negroes are fed, clothed, and housed, and though the Irish peasant is starved, naked, and roofless, the bare name of freemen-the lordship over… Bare
- A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants.... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar… Any
- Simplicity is a great element of good breeding. Breeding
- But I do not admit the comparison between your slaves and even the lowest class of European free labourers, for the former are allowed the… Admit
- I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new. Been
- I said I thought female labour of the sort exacted from these slaves, and corporal chastisement such as they endure, must be abhorrent to any… Abhorrent
- In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our… Day
- The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and… Among
- Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called… Amused
- Yet thousands of slaves throughout the southern states are thus handed over by the masters who own them to masters who do not; and it… Demonstration
- The master's irresponsible power has no such bound. Bound
- The white man's blood and bones have begotten this bronze race, and bequeathed to it in some degree qualities, tendencies, capabilities, such as are the… Animals