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«A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.»
«The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it»
«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.»
«I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.»
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
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Reason
«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.»
«He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.»
«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.»
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
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madam
«We were none of us musical, though Miss Jenkyns beat time, out of time, by way of appearing to be so.»
«A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly»
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
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credulity
«Bombazine would have shown a deeper sense of her loss.»
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
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