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