Anna Leonowens quotes
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“The fact is remarkable, that though education in its higher degrees is popularly neglected in Siam, there is scarcely a man or woman in the empire who cannot read and write.”
-- Anna LeonowensSource : Anna Leonowens (2009). “The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok”, Applewood Books
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“The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed.”
-- Anna LeonowensSource : Anna Leonowens (2009). “The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok”, p.184, Applewood Books
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“There is compensation in all things.”
-- Anna LeonowensSource : Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books
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“Confidence is a plant of slow growth ...”
-- Anna LeonowensSource : Speech in 'Hansard' 14 January 1766, col. 97
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“In how many lives there lurks a hidden romance or a hidden terror.”
-- Anna LeonowensSource : Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books
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“the night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered.”
-- Anna LeonowensSource : Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
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“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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“The interior of the earth is extremely hot – several million degrees.”
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