Beauty’s Uselessness

The love of bustle is often only the love of change; but it is a proof of idleness certainly.

Maria Edgeworth – Ennui

There is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by which we are generous at the expense of our friends.

Maria Edgeworth – Ennui

It is said that every man has his peculiar ambition, whether it be true or not, it is at least certain that ambition either finds or makes every man his enemy.

Maria Edgeworth – Ennui

The habit of looking forward to the future as something which must necessarily be better than the present, is one of the best consolations to the human mind in this vale of tears.

Maria Edgeworth – Ennui

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Maria Edgeworth – Ennui