"I've a great fancy to see my own…" — Maria Edgeworth
"I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die."
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Maria Edgeworth
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24 Quotes by Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth has 24 quotes on this site.
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I find the love of garden grows upon me as I grow older more and more. Shrubs and flowers and…
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The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return.
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Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.
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There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon…
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Bishop Wilkins prophesied that the time would come when gentlemen, when they were to go on a journey, would call…
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The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.
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Those who are animated by hope can perform what would seem impossibilities to those who are under the depressing influence…
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We may make our future by the best use of the present. There is no moment like the present.
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Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.
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When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance,…
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An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.
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How success changes the opinion of men!
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All thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test; here, afore heaven,…
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It's them as take advantage that get advantage I' this world, I think: folks have to wait long enough afore…
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"Ay," said the Captain, reverentially; "it's a almighty element. There's wonders in the deep, my pretty. Think on it when…
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Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify to you that Fortune is blind.
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So furiously each other did assayle, As if their soules they would attonce haue rent Out of their brests, that…
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It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said…
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No stonger allies no greater friends no bigger fighters of honor could a king behould then these assembled afore me…
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No matter how good or deplorable you retain it, arouse each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is…
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Patience, it will be a mere 100 yrs afore thy father release the to be wed.
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