"a weak and irresolute disposition is often more destructive than determined vice."

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Source : Lady Caroline Lamb (1822). “Graham Hamilton”, p.6

Lady Caroline Lamb

#Weakness Quotes #Vices Quotes #Determined Quotes

“I wonder if anyone but me realizes what goes on in that head back of your deceptively sweet face.”
“...great feeling of enthusiasm..this human component began to fade away, leaving only that supernatural enthusisam which must always be at the root of our perseverance.”
“Thus we have now for many centuries triumphed over nature to the extent of making certain secondary characteristics of the male (such as the beard) disagreeable to nearly all the femalesâ€”and there is more in that than you might suppose.”
“Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.”
“You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.”
“deep down I believe my year was a special year: it produced me.”
“Out of chaos, find simplicity, From discord, find harmony.”
“I am about life. I surround myself with beautiful things. I work hard to have a better life. This job helps me achieve that through the people I meet. I'm lucky - not to have been a cover girl - but to have been able to meet all these people, to live these adventures and travel so comfortably. But despite that, it's still difficult. Nothing comes easily. Everything I've earned is down to me, and no one else.”

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