Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now. Charlotte Lennox More Quotes by Charlotte Lennox More Quotes From Charlotte Lennox In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior. Charlotte Lennox forgivenessrevengeenemy What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. Charlotte Lennox vanitygenerositygiving We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none. Charlotte Lennox deceivedtruthlying When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is. Charlotte Lennox innocentinnocenceguilty A hero in one age will be a hero in another. Charlotte Lennox heroage Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity. Charlotte Lennox taxessinceritysometimes Whatever is done by design is always overdone. Charlotte Lennox planningdesigndone The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination. Charlotte Lennox examinationmotivationbears Truth is too weak to combat prejudice. Charlotte Lennox truth-isprejudiceweak It is easy to be just when our own inclinations do not oppose it. Charlotte Lennox inclinationeasyjustice There is no logic like the logic of the heart. Charlotte Lennox logicheart Nothing is more common than for persons to hate those whom they have injured. Charlotte Lennox hatepersonscommon When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist. Charlotte Lennox censuresatiristaction Truth is not always injured by fiction. Charlotte Lennox truth-isliteraturefiction No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. Charlotte Lennox enviousenvyvirtue The life of a good man is a continual prayer. Charlotte Lennox good-manprayermen The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. Charlotte Lennox silenceinspirationalmen The law has no power over heroes. Charlotte Lennox powerherolaw It is more important to detect corruption than fiction. Charlotte Lennox corruptionimportantfiction
