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Elizabeth Gaskell

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

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These are some quotes by British author Elizabeth Gaskell Novelist, who lived between September 29, 1810 and November 12, 1865.

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The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

Elizabeth Gaskell

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As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

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I've never really been somebody who likes to hit it straight. That's just never been my forte, I guess.

I've never really been somebody who likes to hit it straight. That's just never been my forte, I guess.

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To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

Denis Diderot

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