“Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.”
― Pericles and Aspasia
― Pericles and Aspasia
“She had known his faults and weaknesses, and was probably aware that he was inferior to herself in character and intellect. But, nevertheless, she had loved him. To her he had been, though not heroic, sufficiently a man to win her heart. He was a gentleman, pleasant-mannered, pleasant to look at, pleasant to talk to, not educated in the high sense of the word, but never making himself ridiculous by ignorance.”
― The Palliser Novels: Complete Series - All 6 Books in One Edition: Enriched edition. Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds, Phineas Redux, The Prime Minister & The Duke's Children
― The Palliser Novels: Complete Series - All 6 Books in One Edition: Enriched edition. Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds, Phineas Redux, The Prime Minister & The Duke's Children
“A woman who is alone in the world is ever regarded with suspicion.”
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
“I doubt whether an old man should ever live in England if he can help it.”
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
“There is nothing in the world so difficult as that task of making up one's mind.”
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
― Phineas Finn: The Irish Member
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