All Maria Edgeworth Quotes
- I find the love of garden grows upon me as I grow older more and more. Shrubs and flowers and such small gay things, that… Bloom
- The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return. Age
- Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous. Fortune
- There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope… Action
- Bishop Wilkins prophesied that the time would come when gentlemen, when they were to go on a journey, would call for their wings as regularly… Bishop
- The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves. Bipeds
- Those who are animated by hope can perform what would seem impossibilities to those who are under the depressing influence of fear. Animated
- We may make our future by the best use of the present. There is no moment like the present. Best
- Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. Give
- When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy prospect of futurity… Advance
- An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact. Fact
- How success changes the opinion of men! Changes
- Artificial manners vanish the moment the natural passions are touched. Artificial
- Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business. Aversion
- I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die. Afore
- Nature knows best, and she says, roar! Best
- In real friendship the judgment, the genius, the prudence of each party become the common property of both. Both
- If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much. Affectation
- Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves. Better
- Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget. Forget