Ann Radcliffe Quotes
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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
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Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.
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What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.
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Vanity often produces unreasonable alarm.
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When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.
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Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.
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I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
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Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.
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How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
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Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.
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When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.
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Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.
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The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!