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Frances Burney
English
Novelist
Born:
Jun 13
,
1752
Died:
Jan 6
,
1840
Behaviour
Easily
Looking
Mind
Own
Venerable
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To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!
Frances Burney
Thoughts
Wonderful
Fears
Own
Relations
Secret
Dare
Must
Hopes
My Own
Nobody
Adventures
Reveal
Opinion
Dearest
Private
Surprising
Friends
Reflections
Interesting
Dislikes
Then
Dedicate
Whom
Nearest
Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure.
Frances Burney
Kinds
Imperial
Most
Occasions
Moves
Displeasure
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.
Frances Burney
Beneficial
Despise
Philosophic
Indeed
Worthily
Must
More
Surely
May
Them
Mankind
Riches
Dispense
But if the young are never tired of erring in conduct, neither are the older in erring of judgment.
Frances Burney
Tired
Judgment
Young
Older
Neither
Never
Conduct
The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
Frances Burney
Mind
Too
Dissipation
Pleasure
Easily
Prone
Yielded
Naturally
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
Frances Burney
Mind
Free
First
Contentment
Ambition
Expectation
Increase
Diminish
Totally
Seldom
Step
Since
First Step
Curb
Youthful
Enjoyment
We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.
Frances Burney
Reality
Half
Say
Above
Given
Support
Opinion
Continually
Which
Mean
Things
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