Wives and Daughters, ch. 11
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Sylvia's Lovers
Elizabeth GaskellFamous Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
Wives and Daughters, ch. 11
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“I'll not listen to reason…Reason always means what someone else has got to say.”
Source: Cranford (1851–3), Ch. 14
“It was his general plan to repress emotion by not showing the sympathy he felt.”
Wives and Daughters, ch. 11
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
Wives and Daughters, ch. 11
Wives and Daughters
“That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.”
Sylvia's Lovers, ch. 1 (1863)
“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”
Source: Cranford (1851–3), Ch. 11
Wives and Daughters, ch. 50 (1864-5)
Wives and Daughters