You will find as the children grow up that as a rule children are a bitter disappointment – their greatest object being to do precisely what their parents do not wish and have anxiously tried to prevent.
QUEEN VICTORIA[On same-sex marriage:] No woman would do that.
More Queen Victoria Quotes
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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Oh! was ever woman so blessed as I am.
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That Book (the BIBLE) accounts for the supremacy of England
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Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.
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We poor creatures are born for man’s pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials.
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I don’t dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
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Bring me a cup of tea and the ‘Times.’
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I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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We will not have failure – only success and new learning.
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Nothing will turn a man’s home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.
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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.
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Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.
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[On same-sex marriage:] No woman would do that.
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The Queen has done all she could on the dreadful subject of vivisection, and hopes that Mr. Gladstone will speak strongly against such a practice which is a disgrace to humanity.
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