51 Quotes by Margaret Oliphant

every generation has a conceit of itself which elevates it, in its own opinion, above that which comes after it.

There is nothing more effectual in showing us the weakness of any habitual fallacy or assumption than to hear it sympathetically through the ears, as it were, of a skeptic.

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.

There is nothing so costly as bargains.

Next to happiness, perhaps enmity is the most healthful stimulant of the human mind.

Married people do stand up so for each other when you say a word, however they may fight between themselves.

Terror of being found out is not always a preservative, it sometimes hurries on the act which it ought to prevent ...

Even in misery we love to be foremost, to have the bitter in our cup acknowledged as more bitter than that of others.

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit ...