Uncategorized 30 Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell vishnam November 23, 2022 1. “A wise parent humor the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.” 2. “I know you despise me: allow me to say, it is because you do not understand me.” 3. “Opportunities are not often wanting where inclination goes before.” 4. “He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it.” 5. “A girl in love will do a good deal.” 6. “It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite.” 7. “In all disappointments sympathy is a great balm.” 8. “A solitary life cherishes mere fancies until they become manias.” 9. “A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.” 10. “All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation ad desert place to a mother when her only child is absent.” 11. “Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.” 12. “There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.” 13. “Nothing like the act of eating for equalizing men. Dying is nothing to it.” 14. “People may flatter themselves jut as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people’s mind, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.” 15. “Waiting is far more difficult than doing.” 16. “Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.” 17. “How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!” 18. “Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.” 19. “To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thig to a second wife to a man!” 20. “I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.” 21. “One may be clogged with honey an unable to fly.” 22. “There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.” 23. “Trust a girl of sixteen for knowing well if she is pretty; concerning her plainness she may be ignorant.” 24. “I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him. to bless thee” 25. “Yet it was very difficult to separate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning.” 26. “But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.” 27. “I won’t say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it was not me.” 28. “I do not look oneself-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character.” 29. “But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.” 30. “He loved her, an would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain.” Continue Reading Previous: 30 Quotes by Claire DanesNext: 30 Quotes by Emily Bronte Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Related Stories The Evolution and Impact of Compact Discs (CDs) in Music and Data Storage Uncategorized The Evolution and Impact of Compact Discs (CDs) in Music and Data Storage July 3, 2024 The Evolution and Function of Firewalls in Network Security Uncategorized The Evolution and Function of Firewalls in Network Security July 3, 2024 The Ancient Art and Science of Palmistry: Exploring the Mysteries of the Hands Uncategorized The Ancient Art and Science of Palmistry: Exploring the Mysteries of the Hands July 3, 2024