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Vanity often produces unreasonable alarm.
Ann Radcliffe
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Ann Radcliffe
Age: 58 †
Born: 1764
Born: July 9
Died: 1823
Died: February 7
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Ann Ward
Anne Radcliffe
Anne Ward
Ann Ward Radcliffe
Ann Ward
Mrs. Radcliffe
Ann Radcliffe
née Ward
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At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the whole face of nature, vivifying every colour of the landscape, and sprinkling the dewy earth with glittering light.
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There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.
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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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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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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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Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.
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How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!
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When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.
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The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.
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What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?
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I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to think before they speak!
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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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Happiness has this essential difference from what is commonly called pleasure, that virtue forms its basis, and virtue being the offspring of reason, may be expected to produce uniformity of effect.
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I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
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There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.
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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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Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.
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