Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!.. view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me... view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly... view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease... view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say... view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief.. view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues... view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom... view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it... view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!.. view

By: Elizabeth Gaskell