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We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.

— Maria Edgeworth Castle Rackrent (1800)

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Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.

An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification (1795)

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

Essay on Irish Bulls (1802)

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrational bipeds who hurt only themselves.

Thoughts on Bores (1833)

A love-match was the only thing for happiness, where the parties could any way afford it.

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