“Our virtues, as well as our vices, are often scourges for our own backs.” WellsVirtueVicesScourge Book:Asphodel, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'. Source: Asphodel, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'.
“love, which is a madness, and a scourge, and a fever, and a delusion, and a snare, is also a mystery, and very imperfectly understood by everyone except the individual sufferer who writhes under its tortures.” IndividualMysteryUnderstoodMadnessTortureDelusionFeverSnaresSufferersScourge Book:Lady Audley's Secret Source: Lady Audley's Secret
