In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.
BARONESS ORCZYOdd’s fish, m’dear! The man can’t even tie his own cravat!
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Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.
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Money and titles may be hereditary,” she would say, “but brains are not,”.
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Odd’s fish, m’dear! The man can’t even tie his own cravat!
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Even the worst moments and the weariest journeys must come to an end.
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Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.
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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.
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There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice.
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We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops
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Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T’wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine
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A woman’s heart is such a complex problem – the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.
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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.
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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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Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.
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Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.
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She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing all the world over, and have done since the world began.
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