https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:50:04 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/edgeworth-maria/49065/ https://wist.info/edgeworth-maria/49065/#respond Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:37:24 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=49065 We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the character of men with perfect accuracy, from their actions or their appearances in public; it is from their careless conversation, their half-finished sentences that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real character.

Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849) Anglo-Irish writer, novelist
Castle Rackrent, Preface (1800)
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Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849) Anglo-Irish writer, novelist
Mademoiselle Panache, Part 2 [Helen] (1795)
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