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# Wilkie Collins

(1824–1889)   Writer   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Wilkie Collins was a writer from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for *The Moonstone*.

## Quick Facts About Wilkie Collins

Born January 8, 1824

Died September 23, 1889

Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Profession Writer

Notable works The Moonstone

Known for The Woman in White, The Moonstone

Spouse Caroline Compton

## About Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins (1824‑1889) was an English novelist and playwright best known for his mystery novels The Woman in White (1860) and The Moonstone (1868). He was a British writer whose novel The Woman in White is considered an early sensation novel, while The Moonstone helped set the foundations of modern detective stories and is an early example of the police procedural genre.

##  Quotes by Wilkie Collins · Page 2

> [“I have degraded myself by ever thinking of him as my husband.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-have-degraded-myself-by-ever-thinking-of-him-as-my-husband/)

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> [The law will argue any thing, with any body who will pay the law for the use of its brains and its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-law-will-argue-any-thing-with-any-body-who-will-pay-the-law-for/)

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> [“The deserts of Arabia are innocent of our civilised desolation-the ruins of Palestine are incapable of our modern gloom!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-deserts-of-arabia-are-innocent-of-our-civilised-desolation-the/)

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[Arabia Innocent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arabia-innocent-434623/)

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> [“Dont speak of tomorrow.Let the music speak to us tonight,in a happier language than ours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/dont-speak-of-tomorrow-let-the-music-speak-to-us-tonight-in-a-happier/)

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> [“The English intellect is sound, so far as it goes,but it has one grave defect--it is always cautious in the wrong place.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-english-intellect-is-sound-so-far-as-it-goes-but-it-has-one-grave/)

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> [But I am a just man, even to my enemy - and I will acknowledge, beforehand, that they are cleverer brains than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/but-i-am-a-just-man-even-to-my-enemy-and-i-will-acknowledge/)

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> [Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/any-woman-who-is-sure-of-her-own-wits-is-a-match-at-any-time-for-a/)

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> [ “\[...\] Louisa's attention, which had been wandering more and more during the progress of Magdalen's inquiries, wandered away altogether.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/louisa-s-attention-which-had-been-wandering-more-and-more-during-the/)

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> [The best men are not consistent in good-- why should the worst men be consistent in evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-best-men-are-not-consistent-in-good-why-should-the-worst-men-be/)

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> [“People in high life have all the luxuries to themselves - among others, the luxury of indulging their feelings. People in low…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/people-in-high-life-have-all-the-luxuries-to-themselves-among-others/)

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> [The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-woman-who-first-gives-life-light-and-form-to-our-shadowy-2/)

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> [“Shall I confess it, Mr. Hartright? I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/shall-i-confess-it-mr-hartright-i-sadly-want-a-reform-in-the/)

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> [“If he was right, here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond - bringing after it a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/if-he-was-right-here-was-our-quiet-english-house-suddenly-invaded-by/)

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> [“Now I will be anything else you please, except dull. You may say I have been dull already? As I am an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/now-i-will-be-anything-else-you-please-except-dull-you-may-say-i-have/)

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> [“The sketch of the summer-house which she had given me on the morning of our farewell, and which had never been separated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-sketch-of-the-summer-house-which-she-had-given-me-on-the-morning/)

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> [I am a citizen of the world, and I have met, in my time, with so many different sorts of virtue, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-am-a-citizen-of-the-world-and-i-have-met-in-my-time-with-so-many/)

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> [“Excuse my dress. I was half an hour late this morning. When you lose half an hour in this house, you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/excuse-my-dress-i-was-half-an-hour-late-this-morning-when-you-lose/)

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> [“I should have asked why any room in the house was better than home to me when she entered it, and barren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-should-have-asked-why-any-room-in-the-house-was-better-than-home-to/)

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> [“Nothing in this world is hidden forever. The gold which has lain for centuries unsuspected in the ground, reveals itself one day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/nothing-in-this-world-is-hidden-forever-the-gold-which-has-lain-for/)

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> [ “\[...\] we will leave this place, and go into other lodgings - you as the mistress; and I as the maid." "I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/we-will-leave-this-place-and-go-into-other-lodgings-you-as-the/)

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> [“A man with delicately-strung nerves often says and does things which often lead us to think more meanly of him than he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/a-man-with-delicately-strung-nerves-often-says-and-does-things-which/)

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> [“At any time, and under any circumstances of human interest, is it not strange to see how little real hold the objects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/at-any-time-and-under-any-circumstances-of-human-interest-is-it-not-2/)

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> [“I have heard all I ever want to hear about the past," he said; "and I know what I most wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-have-heard-all-i-ever-want-to-hear-about-the-past-he-said-and-i/)

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> [I haven't much time to be fond of anything ... but when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-haven-t-much-time-to-be-fond-of-anything-but-when-i-have-a-moment-s/)

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> [“Is it necessary to say what my first impression was when I looked at my visitor's card? Surely not! My sister having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/is-it-necessary-to-say-what-my-first-impression-was-when-i-looked-at/)

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> [“Miss Fairlie laughed with a ready good-humour, which broke out as brightly as if it had been part of the sunshine above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/miss-fairlie-laughed-with-a-ready-good-humour-which-broke-out-as/)

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> [“Demandez-vous s´il y a une explication au mystere de la vie et de la mort”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/demandez-vous-s-il-y-a-une-explication-au-mystere-de-la-vie-et-de-la/)

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> [The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-books-the-generous-friends-who-met-me-without-suspicion-the-2/)

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> [I have heard, as everybody else has, of a spirit's haunting a house ; but I have had my own personal experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/i-have-heard-as-everybody-else-has-of-a-spirit-s-haunting-a-house-but/)

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> [“We meet as mortal enemies hereafter - let us, like gallant gentlemen, exchange polite attentions in the meantime.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/we-meet-as-mortal-enemies-hereafter-let-us-like-gallant-gentlemen/)

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> [“The small pulse of the life within me, and the great heart of the city around me, seemed to be sinking in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-small-pulse-of-the-life-within-me-and-the-great-heart-of-the-city/)

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> [The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/the-fool-s-crime-is-the-crime-that-is-found-out-and-the-wise-man-s/)

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> [No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/no-sensible-man-ever-engages-unprepared-in-a-fencing-match-of-words/)

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> [She looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steel his heart against her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/she-looked-so-irresistibly-beautiful-as-she-said-those-brave-words/)

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> [“… you are so much better off as a single woman – unless – unless you are very fond of your husband …”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/you-are-so-much-better-off-as-a-single-woman-unless-unless-you-are/)

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> [“On the small neutral ground of self-importance, the best men and the worst meet on the same terms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/on-the-small-neutral-ground-of-self-importance-the-best-men-and-the/)

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> [This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/this-is-the-story-of-what-a-woman-s-patience-can-endure-and-what-a/)

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> [What lurking temptations to forbidden tenderness find their finding-places in a woman's dressing-gown, when she is alone in her room at night!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/what-lurking-temptations-to-forbidden-tenderness-find-their-finding/)

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> [And earth was heaven a little the worse for wear. And heaven was earth, done up again to look like new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/and-earth-was-heaven-a-little-the-worse-for-wear-and-heaven-was-earth/)

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> [“It is true that love soars higher than the other passions; but it can stoop lower as well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilkie-collins/it-is-true-that-love-soars-higher-than-the-other-passions-but-it-can/)

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## Wilkie Collins by topic

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                        "text": "“[...] we will leave this place, and go into other lodgings - you as the mistress; and I as the maid.\" \"I should be found out, ma'am,\" interposed Louisa, trembling at the prospect before her. \"I am not a lady.\" \"And I am,\" said Magdalen bitterly. \"Shall I tell you what a lady is? A lady is a woman who wears a silk gown, and has a sense of her own importance. I shall put the gown on your back, and the sense in your head.”",
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                        "text": "“I have heard all I ever want to hear about the past,\" he said; \"and I know what I most wanted to know about the future. Everybody says, Midwinter, you have a career before you, and I believe that everybody is right. Who knows what great things may happen before you and I are many years older?\" . \"Who _need_ know?\" said Midwinter, calmly. \"Happen what may, God is all-merciful, God is all-wise. In those words your dear old friend once wrote to me. In that faith I can look back without murmuring at the years that are past, and can look on without doubting to the years that are to come.”",
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