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I say in all earnestness that it is a shame for parents to bring up their girls in such dangerous ignorance of the gins and nets that the wicked may set for them, whether their motive be a good one or the result of simple indifference.

The greater the sinner the greater the saint; it was not necessary to dive far into Christian history to discover that.

Beauty to her, as to all who have felt, lay not in the thing , but in what the thing symbolized.

Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel?

Skjønnhet lå for henne, som for alle andre som har evnen til å føle, ikke i tingen selv, men i det denne tingen symboliserer.

Dertil kommer at de som står oss nær i tid og rom, ofte lider ved at ingen formildende skygger faller over dem i vår tanke, mens det over dem som er langt borte fra oss, faller et flatterende skjær, fordi selve avstanden gjørt at de mindre heldige trekk i deres karakter bent fram blir dyder.