A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to cu… - Frances Burney

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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Frances Burney

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About Frances Burney

Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and after marriage as Madame d'Arblay, was an English novelist, poet, diarist, and playwright.

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Native Name: Fanny Burney

Alternative Names: Evelina and Cecilia, Author of, • Frances d'Arblay • Madame d'Arblay • Frensis Burney

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To despise riches may, indeed, be philosophic; but to dispense them worthily must, surely, be more beneficial to mankind.

Tired, ashamed, and mortified, I begged to sit down till we returned home, which I did soon after. Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him! O these fashionable people!

it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.

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