Maria Edgeworth Quotes

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.
Maria Edgeworth

Forget, Remember, Forgive

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.
Maria Edgeworth

Person, Tell, Fact

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.
Maria Edgeworth

Business, Pleasure, Aversion

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.
Maria Edgeworth

Point, Fortune, Highest

How success changes the opinion of men!
Maria Edgeworth

Success, Men, Opinion

I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die.
Maria Edgeworth

Great, Die, Fancy

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.
Maria Edgeworth

Heart, Irish, Blunders

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.
Maria Edgeworth

Religion, Give, Talk

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.
Maria Edgeworth

Hurt, Themselves, Class

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
Maria Edgeworth

Age, Heart, Human

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law.
Maria Edgeworth

Done, Law, Seems

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Born: January 1, 1767

Died: May 22, 1849

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