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Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.
— Emmuska Orczy
They seek him here, they seek him thereThose Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That demned elusive Pimpernel — Emmuska Orczy
Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.
— Baroness Orczy
And among them all Taurus Antinor, praefect of Rome, with his ruddy hair and bronzed skin, his massive frame clad in gorgeously embroidered tunic.
— Orczy Emmuska Baroness
She looks very virtuous and very melancholy.""Virtue is like the precious odors, most fragrant when it is crushed. — Emmuska Orczy
No man who has played a role on the world stage has ever been without his detractors, and only a few have been without their apologists.
— Emmuska Orczy
The weariest nights, the longest days, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.
— Emmuska Orczy
Anonymity crowned him as if t'were the halo of romantic glory.
— Emmuska Orczy
Mr. Hempseed shook his head with an infinity of wisdom, tempered by deeply-rooted mistrust of the British climate and the British Government.
— Emmuska Orczy
She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him
— Emmuska Orczy
There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice.
— Baroness Orczy
A woman's heart is such a complex problem - the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.
— Emmuska Orczy
Her whole body stiffened as with a great and firm resolution. This she meant to do, if God gave her wits and strength.
— Emmuska Orczy
You know my belief in bald-headed Fortune, with the one solitary hair. Well, I meant to grab that hair ...
— Emmuska Orczy
Idyllic follies never last, my little Chauvelin ... They come upon us like the measles ... and are as easily cured.
— Emmuska Orczy
Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.
— Emmuska Orczy
Odd's fish, m'dear! The man can't even tie his own cravat!
— Emmuska Orczy
Even the sparrows on the house-tops are objects of suspicion.
— Emmuska Orczy
It is only in our beautiful France that wholesale slaughter is done lawfully, in the name of liberty and of brotherly love
— Emmuska Orczy
His pride and her beauty had been in direct conflict, and his pride had remained the conqueror.
— Emmuska Orczy
Among the hard lessons which varying Fortune teaches to those whom she most neglects, there is none so useful as self-control.
— Emmuska Orczy
The present is not so glorious but that I should wish to dwell a little in the past.
— Emmuska Orczy
Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine
— Emmuska Orczy
Strange! - I wonder when it got there? It is from the
— Emmuska Orczy
No! The captain of the guard was that damned Englishman in disguise, and everyone of his soldiers aristos! The
— Emmuska Orczy
Your conscience troubles you unnecessarily, and you see a deliberate intention in every simple act.
— Emmuska Orczy
My wits supply, sir, what my sword cannot always command.
— Emmuska Orczy
Tis only in the future you can prove your true worth.
— Emmuska Orczy
We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops
— Emmuska Orczy
