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Lower a bucket into a well of self-deception, and what comes up must be immortal truth, mustn't it?

— Charles Reade The Cloister and the Hearth (1861)

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Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.

The Cloister and the Hearth (1861)

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Put Yourself in His Place (1870)

In players, vanity cripples art at every step.

Peg Woffington (1853)

What young woman is not, more or less, a mirror?

Christie Johnstone (1853)

The absent are like children; they are helpless to defend themselves.

Foul Play (1869)

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