Charlotte Lennox Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Charlotte Lennox
In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior. — Charlotte Lennox
Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now. — Charlotte Lennox
We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none. — Charlotte Lennox
The life of a good man is a continual prayer. — Charlotte Lennox
Truth is not always injured by fiction. — Charlotte Lennox
The law has no power over heroes. — Charlotte Lennox
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is. — Charlotte Lennox
For Heaven's sake, Cousin, resumed Arabella, laughing, how have you spent your Time; and to what Studies have you devoted all your Hours, that you could find none to spare for the Perusal of Books from which all useful Knowlege may be drawn; which give us the most shining Examples of Generosity, Courage, Virtue, and Love; which regulate our Actions, form our Manners, and inspire us with a noble Desire of emulating those great, heroic, and virtuous Actions, which made those Persons so glorious in their Age, and so worthy Imitation in ours? — Charlotte Lennox
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. — Charlotte Lennox
It is easy to be just when our own inclinations do not oppose it. — Charlotte Lennox
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice. — Charlotte Lennox
Nothing is more common than for persons to hate those whom they have injured. — Charlotte Lennox
There is no logic like the logic of the heart. — Charlotte Lennox
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity. — Charlotte Lennox
The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination. — Charlotte Lennox
A hero in one age will be a hero in another. — Charlotte Lennox
When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist. — Charlotte Lennox
Whatever is done by design is always overdone. — Charlotte Lennox
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. — Charlotte Lennox