The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open. Maria Edgeworth More Quotes by Maria Edgeworth More Quotes From Maria Edgeworth Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport. Maria Edgeworth sports men ideas Young ladies who think of nothing but dress, public amusements, and forming what they call high connexions, are undoubtedly most easily managed, by the fear of what the world will say of them. Maria Edgeworth amusement dresses thinking Idleness, ennui, noise, mischief, riot, and a nameless train of mistaken notions of pleasure, are often classed, in a young man's mind, under the general head of liberty. Maria Edgeworth liberty mind men The unaffected language of real feeling and benevolence is easily understood, and is never ridiculous. Maria Edgeworth ridiculous real feelings It sometimes requires courage to fly from danger. Maria Edgeworth danger courage sometimes I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die. Maria Edgeworth fancy funeral my-own How success changes the opinion of men! Maria Edgeworth opinion men When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy prospect of futurity shall vanish only with my existence. Maria Edgeworth retreat illusion horizon We may make our future by the best use of the present. There is no moment like the present. Maria Edgeworth moments use may The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves. Maria Edgeworth bores hurt class Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours. Maria Edgeworth law men mean We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters. Maria Edgeworth real character men A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend. Maria Edgeworth pleasure men country sometimes the very faults of parents produce a tendency to opposite virtues in their children. Maria Edgeworth parent opposites children It is quite fitting that charity should begin at home ... but then it should not end at home; for those that help nobody will find none to help them in time of need. Maria Edgeworth charity home needs why will friends publish all the trash they can scrape together of celebrated people? Maria Edgeworth together fame people Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading. Maria Edgeworth reading book thinking Our pleasures in literature do not, I think, decline with age; last 1st of January was my eighty-second birthday, and I think that I had as much enjoyment from books as I ever had in my life. Maria Edgeworth age book thinking Nature's hasty conscience. Maria Edgeworth hasty shame conscience Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved. Maria Edgeworth vanity beauty heaven
