“She [Comedy] it is who proposes the correcting of pretentiousness, of inflation, of dulness, and of the vestiges of rawness and grossness to be found among us. She is the ultimate civilizer, the polisher, a sweet cook.”
Prelude.
The Egoist http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/egost11.txt (1879)
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British novelist and poet of the Victorian era 1828–1909Related quotes
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“She will not be simple and sweet.
She will not be what people tell her she should be.”
Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Original: (it) La mamma è la persona che ti ha donato la vita. È l'amica dolce e severa, l'insegnamento, la protezione. La mamma, rappresenta incondizionatamente l'amore.
Source: prevale.net
