Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (1848)

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I sometimes think there's two sides to the commandment; and that we may say, 'Let others do unto you, as you would do unto them,' for pride often prevents our giving others a great deal of pleasure, in not letting them be kind, when their hearts are longing to help...

Elizabeth Gaskell
Them lawyers is no better than a sponge for sucking up money.

Elizabeth Gaskell
Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier tomorrow.

Elizabeth Gaskell
What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils...

Elizabeth Gaskell
Don't think to come over me with th' old tale, that the rich know nothing of the trials of the poor; I say, if they don't know, they ought to know.

Elizabeth Gaskell
If you dare to injure her in the least, I will await you where no policeman can step in between. And God shall judge between us two.

Elizabeth Gaskell
Opportunities are not often wanting where inclination goes before...

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Trust a girl of sixteen for knowing well if she is pretty; concerning her plainness she may be ignorant.

Elizabeth Gaskell
Errands of mercy — errands of sin — did you ever think where all the thousands of people you daily meet are bound?

Elizabeth Gaskell
Like all energetic people, the more he had to do the more time he seemed to find.

Elizabeth Gaskell
There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.

Elizabeth Gaskell