Jane Porter Quotes
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People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.
Jane Porter
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Author Details:
Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
Irish Novelist Quotes
Year of Birth:
1776
Year of Death:
1850
Nationality:
Irish
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Alarmed,
Always,
Apt,
Astonished,
Capable,
Conduct,
Fit,
Greatness,
None,
Ought,
Sublime,
Think,
Those,
Truth,
Understand,
Very
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