Ethel Smyth Quotes

No one is more trustworthy than the repentant sinner who has been found out.

The charms of seclusion are seldom combined with the conveniences of civilization.

Crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another.

I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.

If you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it.

The majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore.