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Fanny Kemble Quotes

... it’s always determined characters who make the greatest fools Picture Quote #1

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women Picture Quote #1

Better be cheated to the last, than lose the blessed hope of truth Picture Quote #1

Modesty is a diamond setting to female beauty Picture Quote #1

I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new Picture Quote #1

Assuredly of all earthly conditions uncertainty is the most unblest Picture Quote #1

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The spring is already here with her hands full of flowers Picture Quote #1

Those that we love never alter, unless we cease to love them Picture Quote #1

Children are made of eyes and ears, and nothing, however minute, escapes their microscopic observation Picture Quote #1

I want to do everything in the world that can be done Picture Quote #1

Simplicity is a great element of good breeding Picture Quote #1

Carols of gladness ring from every tree Picture Quote #1

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Place, time, life, death, earth, heaven are divisions and distinctions we make, like the imaginary lines we trace upon the surface of the globe Picture Quote #1

A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution Picture Quote #1

I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again Picture Quote #1

I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution Picture Quote #1

I said I thought female labour of the sort exacted from these slaves, and corporal chastisement such as they endure, must be abhorrent to any manly or humane man Picture Quote #1

Your theory of partial immortality is abhorrent to me. I would rather disbelieve in the immortality of my own soul than suppose the boon given to me was withheld from any of my fellow creatures Picture Quote #1

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Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfill the entire and holiest end of woman’s being Picture Quote #1

When marriage is what it ought to be, it is indeed the very happiest condition of existence Picture Quote #1

I never desire to know anything of the detail of political measures, lest even those which I think best should lose anything of their intrinsic value to me, by seeing what low, paltry, personal motives and base machinery and dirty hands have helped to bring them about Picture Quote #1

The death I should prefer would be to break my neck off the back of a good horse at a full gallop on a fine day Picture Quote #1

They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it Picture Quote #1

An actor’s life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of nothing. The finest actor does not create, he is but a translator of another man’s work Picture Quote #1

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A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not, of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks, or in any way really raise them above the servants they employ, who are quite aware of this fact, and that the possession of wealth is literally the only superiority their employers have over them Picture Quote #1

The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks Picture Quote #1

The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use, appearing to form the whole character; but they are only the tones most often heard. The whole scale is in every soul, and the notes most seldom heard will on rare occasions make themselves audible Picture Quote #1

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... it’s always determined characters who make the greatest fools (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Better be cheated to the last, than lose the blessed hope of truth (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Modesty is a diamond setting to female beauty (Fanny Kemble Quotes) I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Assuredly of all earthly conditions uncertainty is the most unblest (Fanny Kemble Quotes) The spring is already here with her hands full of flowers (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Those that we love never alter, unless we cease to love them (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Children are made of eyes and ears, and nothing, however minute, escapes their microscopic observation (Fanny Kemble Quotes) I want to do everything in the world that can be done (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Simplicity is a great element of good breeding (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Carols of gladness ring from every tree (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Place, time, life, death, earth, heaven are divisions and distinctions we make, like the imaginary lines we trace upon the surface of the globe (Fanny Kemble Quotes) A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution (Fanny Kemble Quotes) I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again (Fanny Kemble Quotes) I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution (Fanny Kemble Quotes) I said I thought female labour of the sort exacted from these slaves, and corporal chastisement such as they endure, must be abhorrent to any manly or humane man (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Your theory of partial immortality is abhorrent to me. I would rather disbelieve in the immortality of my own soul than suppose the boon given to me was withheld from any of my fellow creatures (Fanny Kemble Quotes) Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfill the entire and holiest end of woman’s being (Fanny Kemble Quotes) When marriage is what it ought to be, it is indeed the very happiest condition of existence (Fanny Kemble Quotes) I never desire to know anything of the detail of political measures, lest even those which I think best should lose anything of their intrinsic value to me, by seeing what low, paltry, personal motives and base machinery and dirty hands have helped to bring them about (Fanny Kemble Quotes) The death I should prefer would be to break my neck off the back of a good horse at a full gallop on a fine day (Fanny Kemble Quotes) They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it (Fanny Kemble Quotes) An actor’s life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of nothing. The finest actor does not create, he is but a translator of another man’s work (Fanny Kemble Quotes) A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not, of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks, or in any way really raise them above the servants they employ, who are quite aware of this fact, and that the possession of wealth is literally the only superiority their employers have over them (Fanny Kemble Quotes) The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks (Fanny Kemble Quotes) The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use, appearing to form the whole character; but they are only the tones most often heard. The whole scale is in every soul, and the notes most seldom heard will on rare occasions make themselves audible (Fanny Kemble Quotes)