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Elizabeth Gaskell

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I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.
Elizabeth Gaskell
A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.
Elizabeth Gaskell
My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.
Elizabeth Gaskell
To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!
Elizabeth Gaskell
How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!
Elizabeth Gaskell
Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.
Elizabeth Gaskell
But a wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
Elizabeth Gaskell
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
Elizabeth Gaskell
A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
Elizabeth Gaskell
The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.
Elizabeth Gaskell
I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that can be bought.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me.
Elizabeth Gaskell
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.
Elizabeth Gaskell
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other peoples minds as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.
Elizabeth Gaskell

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