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Mrs. Cheveley Quotes

Four of the best book quotes from Mrs. Cheveley
01
“Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is.”
02
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”
03
“Ah! the strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. […] Science can never grapple with the irrational.”
04
“Nowadays, with our modern mania for morality, every one has to pose as a paragon of purity, incorruptibility, and all the other seven deadly virtues – and what is the result? You all go over like ninepins - one after the other.”
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