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“He took himself so seriously; it was something appalling. Under all his culture, his cleverness, his amenity, under his good nature, his facility, his knowledge of life, his egotism lay hidden like a serpent in a bank of flowers.”
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“He felt the old bitterness, which he had tried so hard to swallow, rise again in his throat, and he knew there are disappointments that last as long as life.”
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"The Countess was very good company and not at all the featherhead she seemed; all one had to do with her was to observe the simple condition of not believing a word she said."
— Jun 20, 2026 12:45AM
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“[T]he girl presently made up her mind that to be rich was a virtue because it was to be able to do, and that to do could only be sweet.”
— Jun 19, 2026 08:04AM
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“[A] woman, it seems to me, has no natural place anywhere; wherever she finds herself she has to remain on the surface and, more or less, to crawl.”
— Jun 18, 2026 08:41AM
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“I can imagine that at the end of ten years we might have a very pleasant correspondence. I shall have matured my epistolary style.”
— Jun 17, 2026 07:57AM
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"I can't help it," Isabel answered. "I think it's lovely to be so quiet and reasonable and satisfied. I should like to be like that."
— Jun 17, 2026 01:03AM
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“You see they’re very luxurious, and these progressive ideas are about their biggest luxury. They make them feel moral and yet don’t damage their position.”
— Jun 15, 2026 06:54AM
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“Isabel had stayed with her grandmother at various seasons, but somehow all her visits had a flavour of peaches.”
— Jun 02, 2026 10:36PM
