Facts about Elizabeth Gaskell

Occup.Novelist
FromUnited Kingdom
BornSeptember 29, 1810
DiedNovember 12, 1865
Aged55 years

Summary

Elizabeth Gaskell was a famous Novelist from United Kingdom, who lived between September 29, 1810 and November 12, 1865. He/she became 55 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 10 quotes who is written / told by Elizabeth.

10 Famous quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell

Small: How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!
"How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!"
Small: People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other pe
"People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues"
Small: A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his
"A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease"
Small: Ill not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say
"I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say"
Small: Madam your wife and I didnt hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I wont say she was silly, but I th
"Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me"
Small: To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!
"To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!"
Small: My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief we could think of nothing else. All night long we h
"My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling"
Small: The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it
"The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it"
Small: A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly
"A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly"
Small: Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom
"Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom"