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If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.
Ann Radcliffe
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Ann Radcliffe
Age: 58 †
Born: 1764
Born: July 9
Died: 1823
Died: February 7
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He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther, and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters that hour, which, of all others, inspires the mind with pensive tenderness, and often elevates it to sublime contemplation.
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Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.
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And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them.
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Do you believe your heart to be, indeed, so hardened, that you can look without emotion on the suffering, to which you would condemn me?
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Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value.
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Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.
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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
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There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.
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But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the matter,--- O! its quite beyond what you can understand.
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To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.
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When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.
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How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
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What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.
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Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.
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There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey.
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Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.
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When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.
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There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world.
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Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.
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I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
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