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Thinking more of others’ happiness than of her own was very fine; but did it not mean giving up her very individuality, quenching all the warm love, the true desires, that made her herself? Yet in this deadness lay her only comfort; so it seemed.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

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A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

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Trust a girl of sixteen for knowing well if she is pretty; concerning her plainness she may be ignorant.

A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.

It may be a very happy state and a little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.- Better than always doubting and doubting, and seeing difficulties and disagreeables in everything.

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