Emily Eden Quotes

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I did not come here to talk poetry and discontent, some people think them synonymous.

Emily Eden

Nothing is too bad to be true, Mr. Douglas, and nothing is true that is not bad. Those are two axioms I never can persuade you to remember...

Emily Eden

What a fine quality, what an absolute virtue Tact is. Lady Portmore never had a grain of it — a misfortune that fell more heavily on her friends than on herself.

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People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.

Emily Eden

What are we all sent into the world for, but to be of use to each other?

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Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?

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I like a good murder that can't be found out. That is, of course it is very shocking, but I like to hear about it.

Emily Eden

It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!

Emily Eden

Emily Eden

Emily Eden

Born: March 3, 1797

Died: August 5, 1869 (aged 72)

Bio: Emily Eden was an English poet and novelist who gave witty pictures of English life in the early 19th century.

Known for:

The semi-attached couple (1860)
The Semi-detached House (1859)
Up the country (1866)
Letters From India - Vol I
Miss Eden's letters

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