We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.


Castle Rackrent (1800), Preface; Tales and Novels, vol. 1, p. 9.

Maria Edgeworth Quotes

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from ...

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from ...

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from ...

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from ...