But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one keeps on in the selfish, matter-of-fact prudence of minding one's own business, and that alone?
What would become of the world without the Devil? Under all the different systems of religion that have guided or misguided the world for the last si… - Geraldine Jewsbury
What would become of the world without the Devil? Under all the different systems of religion that have guided or misguided the world for the last si…
- Geraldine Jewsbury
But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one kee… - Geraldine Jewsbury
But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one kee…
men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the period of adolescence. - Geraldine Jewsbury
men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the period of adolescence.
One's conscience reproaches one much more stingingly for one's follies than one's crimes. - Geraldine Jewsbury
One's conscience reproaches one much more stingingly for one's follies than one's crimes.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event. - Geraldine Jewsbury
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
People always make mistakes when they fancy themselves exceptions. - Geraldine Jewsbury
People always make mistakes when they fancy themselves exceptions.
Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different from what we exp… - Geraldine Jewsbury
Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different from what we exp…
Love ... is a sacred fire that must not be burnt to idols. - Geraldine Jewsbury
Love ... is a sacred fire that must not be burnt to idols.
Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like something from between the regions of truth and fiction. - Geraldine Jewsbury
Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like something from between the regions of truth and fiction.
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