Charlotte Charke quotes
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“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 ...”
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“But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship ...”
-- Charlotte CharkeSource : Charlotte CHARKE (1826). “A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber ... Written by herself. With a portrait”
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“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.”
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“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 CharkeSource : Mary Robinson, Charlotte Charke (1830). “Memoirs”
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“Power, when invested in the hands of knaves or fools, generally is the source of tyranny ...”
-- Charlotte CharkeSource : Charlotte CHARKE (1826). “A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke, youngest daughter of Colley Cibber ... Written by herself. With a portrait”
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Source : "20 famous college commencement speeches" by Mo Elinzano, www.deseretnews.com. May 6, 2015.
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“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”
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