Evelina Quote by Fanny Burney

“As Lord Chesterfield said to his son: Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.”

— Dale Carnegie

“He stated that I had no place in a society whose most fundamental rules I ignored and that I could not appeal to the…

— Albert Camus

“A lesser man would count his blessings and move on, while a greater man would take action against his enemies. It seemed he was…

— Mitchell Hogan

“His advent in human nature was not by the will of a man, but by the will of God.”

— The Church Fathers

“Like men of his kind, at cross-purposes with their purpose, there could be nothing fortuitous that happened to him.”

— Mary Butts

“He knew the disdainful way he treated others. When a man led others, he needed to earn their respect, not lord over them because…

— Jeff Wheeler

“No man of honor avoided what needed to be done, simply because it might not proceed in his favor.”

— Claire Delacroix

“This little man was of the order of beings who must not be opposed, unless you possessed an all-dominant force sufficient to crush him…

— Charlotte Brontë

“I have the authority of the King of Kings. I am all in all, and above all, so that God Himself and I, the…

— Charles River Editors

“The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her.”

— Paul Bowles

“His one desire was not to be vindicated in front of his enemies, but to be in the presence of the Lord (v.”

— Our Daily Bread Ministries

“When all was said, his fate, however ugly it might prove to be, was in his own hands; he was its master.”

— Victor Hugo