"To love, for us men, is to clasp……" — Baroness Orczy
"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 we do, thinks with us, loves with us, and, above all, sins with us."
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24 Quotes by Baroness Orczy
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The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.
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When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls,…
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In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the…
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Your mock saint who stands in a niche is not a woman if she have not suffered, still less a…
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The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has…
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We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops
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She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely…
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A woman's heart is such a complex problem - the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution…
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I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the…
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When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their…
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Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon…
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Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine
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