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Elizabeth Gaskell [1810-1865] British

Rank: 104
Novelist

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature.

Life, Wisdom

Quote	Tags	Rank
The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.		101
How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!		102
A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.		103
Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me.		104
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.	Wisdom	105
I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.		106
My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.		107
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.		108
To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!		109
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.	Life	110

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