“He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours.”
–Nelly Dean, in reference to Joseph (Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë)
“[Marriage] is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves.”
–Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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