Quotes by Jane Welsh Carlyle

Jane Welsh Carlyle

Scottish writer

Lived from: 1801 - 1866

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom

Born: 14 january 1801 Died: 21 april 1866

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• Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

  ― Jane Welsh Carlyle
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• When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor.

  ― Jane Welsh Carlyle
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Subjects in these quotes:

• bereavement
• threatened
• injustice
• accepts
• smaller
• favor

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