Quotes by Charlotte Lennox

“But Mr. Glanville was in a terrible Confusion, and silently cursed his ill Fate, to make him in Love with a Woman so ridiculous.””

“It has always been the Rule of my Life, not to justify any Words or Actions because they are mine.””

“When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.””

“When they were gone, she found her time hung heavy upon her hands...””

“Since, replied Arabella, that uneasiness has neither made you thinner, nor paler, I don't think you ought to be pitied...””

“Lady Bella went up to her apartment, and betook herself to her Books, which supplied the place of all company to her.””

“Love requires a more unlimited Obedience from its Slaves, than any other Monarch can expect from his Subjects; an Obedience which is circumscrib'd by no Laws whatever, and dependent upon nothing but itself.””

“I would have raillery raise the fancy, and quicken the imagination: the fire of its wit should only enable us to trace its original, and shine as the stars do, but not burn. Yet, after all, I cannot greatly approve of raillery, or cease to think it dangerous; and, to pursue my comparisons, said she, with an enchanting smile, persons who possess the true talent of raillery are like comets; they are seldom seen, and are at once admired and feared.””

“There ought to be a great Distance between Raillery and Satire, so that one may never be mistaken for the other: Raillery ought indeed to surprise, and sensibly touch, those to whom it is directed; but I would not have the Wounds it makes, either deep or lasting: Let those who feel it, be hurt like Persons, who, gathering Roses, are pricked by the Thorns, and find a sweet smell to make amends.””