Emily Eden Quotes
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I like a good murder that can't be found out. That is, of course it is very shocking, but I like to hear about it.
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There is nothing so catching as refinement.
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what are we all sent into the world for, but to be of use to each other?
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People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.
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It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!
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Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?