“I can see that the Lady has a genius for ruling, whilst I have a genius for not being ruled.”
Letter to Thomas Carlyle (28 September 1845).
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“When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.”
Journal entry (25 November 1855).
“I am not at all the sort of person you and I took me for.”
Letter to Thomas Carlyle http://books.google.com/books?id=Fj10a_dl7IwC&q=%22I+am+not+at+all+the+sort+of+person+you+and+I+took+me+for%22&pg=PA32#v=onepage (7 May 1822).
“Oh Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!”
Letter to Eliza Stodart (29 February 1836).
Letter to John Sterling http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/carlyle/jwclam/lam101.html#LM1-5 (15 June 1835).
Letter to Miss Barnes http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/carlyle/jwclam/lam301.html#LM3-207 (24 August 1859).
