The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law

Quote by Maria Edgeworth

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Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions...

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions...

I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die.

I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die.

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds...

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds...

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

How success changes the opinion of men!

How success changes the opinion of men!

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug...

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug...

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.