Emily Eden Quotes

• what are we all sent into the world for, but to be of use to each other?

  Emily Eden

  Use, World

  Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.231

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• It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!

  Emily Eden

  Too Late, Half, Hours

  Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.174

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• There is nothing so catching as refinement.

  Emily Eden

  Refinement, Catching

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.356

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• People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but for real genuine, hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration.

  Emily Eden

  Jealousy, Real, Hard Work

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.8

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• Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?

  Emily Eden

  Keeping Secrets, Fool, Instinct

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.120

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• I like a good murder that can't be found out. That is, of course it is very shocking, but I like to hear about it.

  Emily Eden

  Murder, Found, Courses

  Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.212

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