Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one's age.
A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork. - Mary Russell Mitford
A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.
- Mary Russell Mitford
I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them. - Mary Russell Mitford
I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.
We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish. - Mary Russell Mitford
We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.
Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year. - Mary Russell Mitford
Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.
The slightest emotion of disinterested kindness that passes through the mind improves and refreshes that mind, producing generous thought and noble f… - Mary Russell Mitford
The slightest emotion of disinterested kindness that passes through the mind improves and refreshes that mind, producing generous thought and noble f…
There is no running away from a great grief. - Mary Russell Mitford
There is no running away from a great grief.
Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent. - Mary Russell Mitford
Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.
I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do. - Mary Russell Mitford
I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.
Fashion is a capricious deity. - Mary Russell Mitford
Fashion is a capricious deity.
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