Mary Russell Mitford Quote Explained: To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

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A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

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Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one’s age.

- Mary Russell Mitford

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· England

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Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

- Mary Russell Mitford

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· England

Garden

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We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

- Mary Russell Mitford

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· England

Wise

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There is no running away from a great grief.

- Mary Russell Mitford

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· England

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That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt.

- Mary Russell Mitford

Playwright

· England

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Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.

- Mary Russell Mitford

Playwright

· England

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Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason.

- Mary Russell Mitford

Playwright

· England

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one’s age.

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

There is no running away from a great grief.

That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt.

Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent.

Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason.

Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition.

I’ve been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.

Always deliver more in ‘perceived value’ than you take in cash value.

There’s two kinds of pain in sports: the pain of discipline and the pain of regret.

I’m really not a person who consumes a lot. I don’t have a sports car.

I enjoyed watching good-looking idiots looking at each other. A great spectator sport.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

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