All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

Quote by Anna Jameson

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Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Trust in my affection for you.

Trust in my affection for you.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The...

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The...

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

You cannot inherit experience

You cannot inherit experience

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what...

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what...

Experience needs distance and what you write of at a distance tells not so much...

Experience needs distance and what you write of at a distance tells not so much...

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make...

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make...