Mary Russell Mitford Quotes
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.238
Charles Boner, Mary Russell Mitford (1871). “Memoirs and Letters of Charles Boner: With Letters of Mary Russell Mitford to Him During Ten Years”, p.123
Mary Russell Mitford, Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1906). “Our village”
We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.21
"The Life of Mary Russell Mitford", vol. 1, by Mary Russell Mitford, (letter to Sir William Elford, 1st Baronet), 1870.
Mary Russell Mitford (1872). “Letters of Mary Russell Mitford: 2d Ser”, p.232
Mary Russell Mitford (1841). “The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse, Viz Our Village, Belford Regis, Country Stories, Finden's Tableaux, Foscari, Julian, Rienzi, Charles the First”, p.227
Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.11
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.439
Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.32
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Related in a Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends”, p.189, London, R. Bentley
Mary Russell Mitford (1841). “The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse ...”, p.186
Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one's age.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.333
Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.52
Mary Russell Mitford (1828). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.160
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Related in a Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends”, p.319, London, R. Bentley
Mary Russell Mitford (1859). “Recollections of a literary life ... Second edition”, p.297
A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.62
I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing.
Mary Russell Mitford (1872). “Letters of Mary Russell Mitford: Edited by Henry Chorley. In 2 volumes. I”, p.116
No fear of forgetting the good-humoured faces that meet us in our walks each day.
Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery”, p.11
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (1870). “OUR VILLAGE”, p.406