Jane Welsh Carlyle

I declare I would rather be a kitten and cry, 'Mew!' than live as I see many of my female acquaintances do, tearing each other's characters to pieces, and wearing out their lives in vanity and vexation of spirit.

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These are some quotes by Scottish author Jane Welsh Carlyle Writer, who lived between January 14, 1801 and April 21, 1866.

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Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

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They call me 'sweet,' and 'gentle'; and some of the men go the length of calling me 'endearing,' and I laugh in my sleeve and think, 'Oh, Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!'

Jane Welsh Carlyle

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I rely on the promise, 'God is kind to women, fools, and drunk people.'

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