Famous quote by Frances Burney

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"I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling"

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This quote is written / told by Frances Burney. He/she was a famous author. The author also have 7 other quotes.

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"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

Jose Rizal, Writer

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"

"Fraternity without absorption, union without fusion"

"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"

"One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without"

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"