Maria Edgeworth

Quotes

• “Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport.”
• “Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.”
• “Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.”
• “We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.”
• “A love-match was the only thing for happiness, where the parties could any way afford it.”
• “Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1768-01-01 ) 1 January 1768, Black Bourton , Oxfordshire , England

Died

22 May 1849 (1849-05-22) (aged 81), Edgeworthstown , County Longford , Ireland

Resting place

St. John's Churchyard, Edgeworthstown

Occupation

Writer (novelist)

Nationality

British, Irish

Period

18th century

Genre

Regionalism, Romantic novel , children's literature

Relatives

Richard Lovell Edgeworth , (Father 1744–1817) Anna Maria Elers, (Mother 1743–1773)

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Wikidata facts

Image

Maria Edgeworth by John Downman 1807.jpg

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