But alas, my dear child, we are the slaves of custom, the dupes of prejudice, and dare not stem the torrent of the opposing world, even though our judgments condemn our compliance! However, since the die is cast, we must endeavor to make the best of it.
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Fanny Burney
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Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.
You could not see and know her, and remain unmoved by those sensations of affection which belong to so near and tender a relationship.
Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.
Imagination took the reins and Reason slow-paced though surefooted was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion.
Young, animated, entirely off your guard, and thoughtless of consequences, Imagination took the reins; and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to the race of so eccentric and flighty a companion. How rapid was then my Evelina's progress through those regions of fancy and passion whither her new guide conducted her!-She saw Lord Orville at a ball,-and he was the most amiable of men! -She met him again at another,-and he had every virtue under Heaven!
There was an exceeding good concert, but too much talking to hear it well. Indeed I am quite astonished to find how little music is attended to in silence; for, though every body seems to admire, hardly any body listens.