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“Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds of propriety for our sakes, and throws herself unblushingly at our heads, we conclude it is either from a sudden and violent liking, or from extraordinary merit on our parts, either of which is enough to turn any man's head who has a single spark of gallantry or vanity in his composition.”

Ifs Men May Enough Turns Women Extraordinary Bounds Sake Violent Reputation Vanity Merit Sparks Modesty Composition Propriety Scruples Gallantry Coquette

Author:William Hazlitt

“When the mind is full of any one subject, that subject seems to recur with extraordinary frequency - it appears to pursue or to meet us at every turn: in every conversation that we hear in every book we open, in every newspaper we take up, the reigning idea recurs; and then we are surprised, and exclaim at these wonderful coincidences.”

Mind Book Ideas Seems Turns Wonderful Subjects Conversation Extraordinary Newspapers Pursue Coincidence Frequency

Book:Works of Maria Edgeworth: Harrington. Ormond. 1825

Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Harrington. Ormond. 1825

“Only an extraordinary person can turn opportunity into reality.”

Persons Reality Turns Opportunity Extraordinary Extraordinary Person

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn