We
are not amused. (attributed) 
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Please
understand that there is no one depressed in this
house; we are not interested in the
possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
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Move
Queen Anne? Most certainly not! Why it might
some day be suggested that my statue
should be moved, which I should much dislike. (about
moving a statue of Queen Anne for Victoria's
Diamond Jubilee)
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The
Queen is most anxious to enlist every one who
can speak or write to join in checking this
mad, wicked folly of "Woman's
Rights", with all its attendant horrors,
on which her poor feeble sex is bent,
forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and
propriety.
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The
important thing is not what they think of me,
but what I think of them.
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His
purity was too great, his aspiration too high
for this poor, miserable world! His great soul
is now only enjoying that for which it was
worthy!
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When
I think of a merry, happy, free young girl --
and look at the ailing, aching state a young
wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't
deny is the penalty of marriage.
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I
feel sure that no girl would go to the altar
if she knew all.
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An ugly baby is a very nasty
object, and the prettiest is frightful when
undressed.
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I
don't dislike babies, though I think very
young ones rather disgusting.
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I
would venture to warn against too great
intimacy with artists as it is very seductive
and a little dangerous.
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Great events make me quiet and
calm; it is only trifles that irritate my
nerves.
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He
speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting. (of
Mr. Gladstone) |
