Fanny Kemble Quotes

Better trust all, and be deceived,
And weep that trust and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart, that if believed
Had blessed one’s life with true believing. - View Quote Details on Better trust all, and be deceived,
And weep that trust…
A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants…. The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not, of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks, or in any way really raise them above the servants they employ, who are quite aware of this fact, and that the possession of wealth is literally the only superiority their employers have over them. - View Quote Details on A good many causes tend to make good masters and…
Simplicity is a great element of good breeding. - View Quote Details on Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.
What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
How shall I charm the interval that lowers
Between this time and that sweet time of grace? - View Quote Details on What shall I do with all the days and hours…
A sacred burden is this life ye bear:
Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly,
Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly.
Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,
But onward, upward, till the goal ye win. - View Quote Details on A sacred burden is this life ye bear:
Look on it,…
Youth, with swift feet walks onward in the way;
The land of joy lies all before his eyes;
Age, stumbling, lingers slowly day by day,
Still looking back, for it behind him lies. - View Quote Details on Youth, with swift feet walks onward in the way;
The…
Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfil
The entire and holiest end of woman’s being. - View Quote Details on Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfil
The entire and…
Though the Negroes are fed, clothed, and housed, and though the Irish peasant is starved, naked, and roofless, the bare name of freemen—the lordship over his own person, the power to choose and will—are blessings beyond food, raiment, or shelter; possessing which, the want of every comfort of life is yet more tolerable than their fullest enjoyment without them. - View Quote Details on Though the Negroes are fed, clothed, and housed, and though…
I want to do everything in the world that can be done. - View Quote Details on I want to do everything in the world that can…