Home / Authors / Ann Radcliffe

Ann Radcliffe Quotes

Author

Ann Radcliffe, a renowned British author of the 18th century, is hailed as the pioneer of the Gothic novel. Her works, characterized by mystery, terror, and romance, have had a profound impact on literature.

Filter quotes by topic

All Mind World Virtue Action May Pleasure Real Affection Disappointment Doe Hands Heart Hours Ifs Interest Men Objects Poverty Real Love Scene

Famous Ann Radcliffe Quotes

“The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.”

World Feels Mind Heart Passion Lost Interest Taste Scene Dignity And Love Innocence Ridicule Meek Hearts And Love

Book:The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry

Source: The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry

“A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world without, will be counteracted by the gratifications derived from the world within.”

Source: The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry

“One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.”

World Real Action Abstract Serving Sentiments Usefulness Serving Others Beneficence

Book:The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry

Source: The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry

“There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world.”

Ifs Men World Feelings Youth Contemplation Old Man

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)

“And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them.”

World Feelings Evil This World Circumstances Degrees Victim Painful Command Passages

Book:The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance

Source: The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance

“How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!”

Men World Should Poverty Wise Strange Fool Riches Treated Good Man Knaves

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)

About the Author

Born: July 9, 1764
Died: February 7, 1823
Known for: Author
Quotes: 52

Books & Sources

Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)Related source material

The Mysteries of UdolphoRelated source material

The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of PoetryRelated source material

The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.Related source material

The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and RomanceRelated source material

A Sicilian RomanceRelated source material

The Italian or the Confessional of the Black PenitentsRelated source material

A Sicilian romance, by the authoress of The castles of Athlin and DunbayneRelated source material

Five Gothic Masterpieces: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Great God Pan, Frankenstein, Carmilla, and DraculaRelated source material

The ItalianRelated source material

Similar Authors

David HumeBrowse related quotes
William HazlittBrowse related quotes
Edmund BurkeBrowse related quotes
Jonathan V. LastBrowse related quotes
Charles Caleb ColtonBrowse related quotes
Samuel JohnsonBrowse related quotes
Philip SidneyBrowse related quotes
Francois de La RochefoucauldBrowse related quotes
Seneca the YoungerBrowse related quotes
Laurence SterneBrowse related quotes