"Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally……" — Fanny Burney
"Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure."
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27 Quotes by Fanny Burney
Fanny Burney has 27 quotes on this site.
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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to…
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I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.
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But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.
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There si nothing upon the face of the earth so insipid as a medium. Give me love or hate! A…
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We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.
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People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they…
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There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to…
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be…
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation
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Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure
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To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion…
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Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.
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It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing…
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Water, whether still or in motion, has so great an attraction for the lover of nature, that the most beautiful…
— Unknown Author
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There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture;…
— Sun Tzu
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It takes more time and effort and delicacy to learn the silence of a people than to learn its sounds.…
— Ivan Illich
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I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their…
— Samuel Johnson
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Life consists of sadness too. And sadness is also beautiful; it has its own depth, its own delicacy, its own…
— Rajneesh
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Distrust even Mathematics; albeit so sublime and highly perfected, we have here a machine of such delicacy it can only…
— Anatole France
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To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening,…
— Charles Dickens
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Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the…
— Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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A cell of a higher organism contains a thousand different substances, arranged in a complex system. This great organized system…
— Unknown Author
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You've developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil ... you are the…
— Unknown Author
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The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for…
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