Society, in the aggregate, is no fool. It is astonishing wh… - Dinah Craik

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Society, in the aggregate, is no fool. It is astonishing what an amount of "eccentricity" it will stand from anybody who takes the bull by the horns, too fearless or too indifferent to think of consequences.

Dinah Craik

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. Born Dinah Maria Mulock, the name under which her first works were published, her work has also been presented as by Dinah Craik, Dinah Maria Craik, Dinah Mulock Craik, and simply Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik.

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Birth Name: Dinah Maria Mulock

Alternative Names: Dinah Maria Craik • Miss Mulock • Mrs. Craik • Mrs Craik • Dinah Craix • Dinah (Maria) Mulock

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Drink, my jolly lads, drink with discerning, Wedlock's a lane where there is no turning; Never was owl more blind than a lover, Drink and be merry, lads, half seas over.

To accept the inevitable, neither to struggle against it nor murmur at it, simply to bear it — this is the great lesson of life.

For truly, the greatest of all external blessings is it to be able to lean your heart against another heart, faithful, tender, true, and tried, and record with a thankfulness that years deepen instead of diminishing, "I have got a friend!"

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