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There may be something in this theory, but when their amusements are carried to such a point of luxurious and imaginative perfection it certainly gives them great and even unlimited enjoyment at the time.

Ada Leverson

A morbid propensity that causes great suffering in domestic life is often curiously infectious to the very person for whom it creates most suffering.
ADA LEVERSON

Causes Curious Domestic Infectious Life Propensity Suffering
Suspense is torture … but delightful–or there’d be no gambling in the world.
ADA LEVERSON

Delightful Gambling Suspense Torture World
All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.
ADA LEVERSON

Happy May People Remain Remember Talking
A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.
ADA LEVERSON

Archbishop Butler Country English Household Should
Everything comes to the man who won’t wait.
ADA LEVERSON

Come Easy Everything Man Patience Wait Waiting
It depresses me, since naturally it gives the contrary impression. It can’t be real. It ought to be but it isn’t. If the noisy person meant what he said, he wouldn’t say it.
ADA LEVERSON

Depresses Impression Naturally Ought Person Since
Thou canst not serve both cod and salmon.
ADA LEVERSON

Cod Serve
There may be something in this theory, but when their amusements are carried to such a point of luxurious and imaginative perfection it certainly gives them great and even unlimited enjoyment at the time.
ADA LEVERSON

Amusement Imagination Luxurious Perfection Point Something Theory
You don’t really know a woman until she writes you a letter.
ADA LEVERSON

Know Letter Understand Wish Woman Writing
Fog and hypocrisy – that is to say, shadow, convention, decency – these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance.
ADA LEVERSON

Convention Decency Fog Hypocrisy Romance Shadow
As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.
ADA LEVERSON

Betrayal Betrayed Hold Person Position Rule Superior Two
Modesty is a valuable merit … in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.
ADA LEVERSON

Appearance Extremely Merit Modesty People
When a passion is not realized … it fades away, or becomes ideal worship–Dante–Petrarch–that sort of thing!
ADA LEVERSON

Believe Fade Ideal Passion Realize Trust Worship
Many women I know think the ideal of happiness is to be in love with a great man, or to be the wife of a great public success; to share his triumph! They forget you share the man as well!
ADA LEVERSON

Great Happiness Ideal Man Thinking Wife Woman
Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.
ADA LEVERSON

Attention Most People Seen Through Visible Vision
It’s always something to get one’s wish, even if the wish is a failure.
ADA LEVERSON

Always Failure One Requirement Something Wish

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