"Persons not habituated to reason often argue absurdly, because, from particular instances, they deduce general conclusions, and extend the result of their limited experience of individuals indiscriminately to whole classes."

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Source : Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1822). “Works”, p.33

Maria Edgeworth

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“True creativity is more likely if you are more relaxed”
“The Papacy was corrupt for whole centuries: especially from about 880 to 1050 and (with a short decent pontificate at rare intervals) 1290 to about 1660. No 'primacy' in any other organized religion has so disgraceful a record.”
“I believe animals should be respected as citizens of this earth. They should have the right to their own freedom, their own families, and their own life.”
“I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet.”
“Sorrow, it is said, will make even an oyster feel poetical. I never tried my hand at that sort of writing but on this particular occasion such was my state of feeling, that I began to fancy myself inspired; so I took pen in hand, and as usual I went ahead.”
“People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined as "the constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken."... Understood, however, as the prerequisite of great accomplishment, diligence stands as one of the most difficult challenges facing any group of people who take on tasks of risk and consequence. It sets a high, seemingly impossible, expectation for performance and human behavior.”
“Things are forgotten so fast today. Even if 1,000 people are slaughtered, the next day you forget. There has to be new news every day.”

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“I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones.”

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