#orr

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#actually #by the time #earning #father #going

It is horrid to smirk. ↗

— Helen Fielding

The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination. ↗

— Sarah Fielding

#attend #being #horrible #imagination #liberty

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#conscience #incorruptible #only #thing #us

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#correctness #educational #happiness #procedure #test

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#correct #folly #infirmities #love #mark

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#companions #corrupted #liable

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#today #tomorrow #vice #virtue

I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#badly #change #colleagues #defeated #face

I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#about #being #drink #driven #home