Quotes by Maria Edgeworth

“The prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics, who aspire to the character of superior wisdom: but if we consider it in a proper point of view, this tas...”

“When people are warm, they cannot stand picking terms.”

“First and foremost, they had the curses of the country: and Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the new heir, in the next place, on account of this affront to the body, refused to pay a shilling of the debts, in...”

“The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.”

“In real friendship the judgment the genius the prudence of each party become the common property of both.”

“The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards they will be dissipated lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world or su...”

“The human heart at whatever age opens only to the heart that opens in return.”

“Artificial manners vanish the moment the natural passions are touched.”

“If we take care of the moments the years will take care of themselves.”

“When people are warm, they cannot stand picking terms.”

“In real friendship the judgment the genius the prudence of each party become the common property of both.”

“The human heart at whatever age opens only to the heart that opens in return.”

“If we take care of the moments the years will take care of themselves.”

“Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport.”

“Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.”

“Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.”

“We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finish...”

“A love-match was the only thing for happiness, where the parties could any way afford it.”

“Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.”

“To our unhappy sex genius and sensibility are the most treacherous gifts of Heaven. Why should we cultivate talents merely to gratify the caprice of tyrants? Why seek for knowledge, which can prove...”