56 Quotes by Emmuska Orczy

By her own blindness she had sinned; now she must repay, not by empty remorse, but by prompt and useful action.

He, the sleepiest, dullest, most British Britisher that had ever set a pretty woman yawning

It is only in our beautiful France that wholesale slaughter is done lawfully, in the name of liberty and of brotherly love

They seek him here, they seek him there Those Frenchies seek him everywhere Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That demned elusive Pimpernel.

The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops.

A woman’s heart is such a complex problem – the owner thereof is often most incompetent to find the solution to this puzzle.

Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.