"In the north we could not hope to……" — Fanny Kemble
"In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live."
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25 Quotes by Fanny Kemble
Fanny Kemble has 25 quotes on this site.
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Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfill the entire and holiest end of woman's being.
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Better trust all, and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart, that if believed…
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I never desire to know anything of the detail of political measures, lest even those which I think best should…
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They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it.
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I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having…
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these…
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I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again.
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Carols of gladness ring from every tree.
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The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined…
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Christmas is a season of such infinite labour, as well as expense in the shopping and present-making line, that almost…
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The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most…
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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