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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.

— Charles Reade The Cloister and the Hearth (1861)

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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)

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

Foul Play (1869)

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