Showing posts with label Wilkie Collins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wilkie Collins. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Quote about fools

Nature`s protecting care of fools supplies them with an instinct which distrusts ability.

Heart and Science by Wilkie Collins 

Quote about fools 

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Humility quote

The first and last step in the education of the judgment is – Humility. 

Heart and Science by Wilkie Collins 

Quote about humility 

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Crime quote

Crimes carry their own curse with them.
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins 

Impression quote

The impression that has been produced on the young and sensitive mind was not to be removed by persuasion.
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins 

Quote about impression


Acting on impulse

Women are accustomed to act on impulse.
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins 

Power of obstinacy

There`s a power of obstinacy in young women.
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

Nature quote

Nature, always abhorring monotony, institutes reserves of temper as elements in the composition of the gentlest women living.
The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins 

Gratitude quote

In every class of society, gratitude is the 
rarest of all human virtues.

The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

Gratitude quote 



Quote about accidents

Accidents will happen sometimes, no 
matter how careful a man may be.

The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

Quote about accidents


Quote about conscience

In one state of a man`s mind, his 
conscience is the severest judge that 
can pass sentence on him.In another 
state, he and his conscience are on the 
best possible terms with each other in 
the comfortable capacity of 
accomplices.

The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

Conscience quote

The most easily deteriorated of all the
 moral qualities is the quality called 
“conscience”.

The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

quote about conscience 


Saturday, July 27, 2013

Luck quote

Some people, as they say in Ireland, are born to good luck.

The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

Luck quote