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It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.

Baroness Orczy

Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.
BARONESS ORCZY

Charity Judging Littles
A woman’s heart is such a complex problem – the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.
BARONESS ORCZY

Heart Owners Problem
Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T’wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine
BARONESS ORCZY

Betrayed Guillotine Wood
Odd’s fish, m’dear! The man can’t even tie his own cravat!
BARONESS ORCZY

Men Odd Ties
There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice.
BARONESS ORCZY

Sacrifice Self Wonderful
The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.
BARONESS ORCZY

Ends Night Sadness
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.
BARONESS ORCZY

Love Men Thinking
Even the worst moments and the weariest journeys must come to an end.
BARONESS ORCZY

Hope Journey Worst Moments
Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.
BARONESS ORCZY

Cuff Hardly Look State
Money and titles may be hereditary,” she would say, “but brains are not,”.
BARONESS ORCZY

Brain May Titles
Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.
BARONESS ORCZY

Blow Deal Fate
I shall return, doubt it not. Such love as ours was not created to remain unfulfilled. Whatever may happen, believe and trust in me, as I shall in you, and keep the remembrance of me in your heart without sadness and without regret.
BARONESS ORCZY

Believe Heart Regret
It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.
BARONESS ORCZY

Gay Rolling Water
music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the exclusion of every other consideration outside his own immediate necessities or desires.
BARONESS ORCZY

Art Mind Music
Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.
BARONESS ORCZY

Crushed Fragrant Virtue
She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him
BARONESS ORCZY

Assume Contempt Fact Matter Misunderstood

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.

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It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.

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