Fanny Burney Quotes
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Fanny Burney Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.
She [Madame Duvall] seems desirious to repair the wrongs she has done, yet wishes the world to believe her blameless.
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, surely, must be more beneficial to mankind.
Besides, she has always a house full of people; and, though they are chiefly fools and coxcombs, yet there is some pleasure in cutting them up.
Don't be angry with the gentleman for thinking, whatever be the cause, for I assure you he makes no common practice of offending in that way.
To Sir Clement, my Lord," said I, "attribute nothing. He is the last man in the world who would have any influence over my conduct.
You could not see and know her, and remain unmoved by those sensations of affection which belong to so near and tender a relationship.
An old woman ... is a person who has no sense of decency; if once she takes to living, the devil himself can't get rid of her.
I'd rather be done any thing to than laughed at, for, to my mind, it's one or other the disagreeablest thing in the world.
Well of all things in the world, I don't suppose anything can be so dreadful as a public wedding
my stars!
I should never be able to support it!
my stars!
I should never be able to support it!
There is nothing", answered he, "which requires more immediate notice than impertinence, for it ever encroaches when it is tolerated.
I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there.
O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them.
Concealment, my dear Maria, is the foe of tranquility: however I may err in future, I will never be disingenuous in acknowledging my errors. To
There's nothing but quarreling with the women; it's my belief they like it better than victuals and drink.
Imagination took the reins, and reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion.
I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.
Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.
The mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.
Lord Orville seemed by no means to think the Captain worthy an argument, upon a subject concerning which he had neither knowledge nor feeling.