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Mary Russell Mitford Quotes

Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent Picture Quote #1

I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing Picture Quote #1

There is no running away from a great grief Picture Quote #1

Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one’s age Picture Quote #1

I do not think very highly of Madame D’Arblay’s books. The style is so strutting. She does so stalk about on Dr. Johnson’s old stilts Picture Quote #1

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential Picture Quote #1

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I have had a great misfortune; my dear old dog is dead Picture Quote #1

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden! Picture Quote #1

Fashion is a capricious deity Picture Quote #1

Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason Picture Quote #1

Friendship is the bread of the heart Picture Quote #1

... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love Picture Quote #1

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To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun Picture Quote #1

Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one’s age Picture Quote #1

That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt Picture Quote #1

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings Picture Quote #1

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork Picture Quote #1

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish Picture Quote #1

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I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them Picture Quote #1

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year Picture Quote #1

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Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) There is no running away from a great grief (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one’s age ... (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) I do not think very highly of Madame D’Arblay’s books. The style is so strutting. She does so stalk about on Dr. Johnson’s old stilts (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) I have had a great misfortune; my dear old dog is dead (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden! (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Fashion is a capricious deity (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Friendship is the bread of the heart (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) ... they know little of the passions who seek to argue with that most intractable of them all, the fear that is born of love (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one’s age (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes) Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year (Mary Russell Mitford Quotes)