Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

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A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend...

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend...

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present...

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present...

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.

The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for...

The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for...

Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw...

Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw...

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging...

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging...

My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else....

My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else....