Charlotte Charke Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if their malice can't persuade the town's-people into a dislike of their performance, they'll cruelly endeavor to taint their characters ...”
-- Charlotte Charke

#Character #Men #People
“But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship ...”
-- Charlotte Charke

#Friendship #Misfortunes
“I have observed gratitude to be a principle, that bears the smallest share in the hearts of those where it ought to be most strongly resident, so that I begin to imagine one half of the world don't understand the real etymology of the word.”
-- Charlotte Charke

#Gratitude #Real #Heart
“my uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.”
-- Charlotte Charke

#Marriage #Uncles #Nurse
“Power, when invested in the hands of knaves or fools, generally is the source of tyranny ...”
-- Charlotte Charke

#Power #Hands #Knaves

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