Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice. - Charlotte Lennox
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.
- Charlotte Lennox
In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior. - Charlotte Lennox
In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity. - Charlotte Lennox
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
There is no logic like the logic of the heart. - Charlotte Lennox
There is no logic like the logic of the heart.
It is more important to detect corruption than fiction. - Charlotte Lennox
It is more important to detect corruption than fiction.
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. - Charlotte Lennox
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. - Charlotte Lennox
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.
Whatever is done by design is always overdone. - Charlotte Lennox
Whatever is done by design is always overdone.
A hero in one age will be a hero in another. - Charlotte Lennox
A hero in one age will be a hero in another.
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