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The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed.

The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed.

Anna Leonowens
Doctrine, May, Belief
Anna Leonowens (2009). “The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok”, p.184, Applewood Books

Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

Anna Leonowens
Confidence, Growth, Plant
Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.269, Applewood Books

The fact is remarkable, that though education in its higher degrees is popularly neglected in Siam, there is scarcely a man or woman in the empire who cannot read and write.

Anna Leonowens
Writing, Men, Degrees
Anna Leonowens (2009). “The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok”, Applewood Books

In how many lives there lurks a hidden romance or a hidden terror.

Anna Leonowens
Romance, Terror
Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books

the night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered.

Anna Leonowens
Dark, Night, Gold
Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books

There is compensation in all things.

Anna Leonowens
Compensation, All Things
Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books

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