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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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.

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 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...

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

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.

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...

How success changes the opinion of men!

How success changes the opinion of men!

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.

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

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

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

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.

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...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to...

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to...

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of...

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of...