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  Quotes by Jameson, Anna




Anna Brownell Jameson (May 17, 1794 - March 17, 1860), British writer, was born in Dublin..

"In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil."

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"All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side."

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"Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never."

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