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First, think in as homely a way as you can; next, shove your pen under the thought, and lift it by polysyllables to the true level of fiction

— Charles Reade Peg Woffington (1853)

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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)

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

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)

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