For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

Quote by Queen Victoria

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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the...

When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the...

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us...

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us...

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all,...

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all,...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of...

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very...

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very...

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.

Being married gives one one's position like nothing else can.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of...

Everybody grows but me.

Everybody grows but me.

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.

A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.