Ada Leverson
Ada Leverson
Ada Esther Leversonwas a British writer who is known for her friendship with Oscar Wilde and for her work as a witty novelist of the fin-de-siècle...
ease gentleman last seemed
He seemed at ease and to have the look of the last gentleman in Europe.
letter until woman
You don't know a woman until you have a letter from her
letter received until woman women
You don't know a woman until you have received a letter from her.
letters knows
You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.
nice mean men
To a woman--I mean, a nice woman--there is no such thing as men. There is a man; and either she is so fond of him that she can talk of nothing else, however unfavourably, or so much in love with him that she never mentions his name.
people charming charm
People were not charmed with Eglantine because she herself was charming, but because she was charmed.
envy merit recognition
envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it.
salmon
Thou canst not serve both cod and salmon.
real literature unexpected
Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.
people attention
Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.
people treasure proportion
Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public.
writing letters knows
You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.
women intuition quality
Feminine intuition, a quality perhaps even rarer in women than in men.
gambling suspense world
Suspense is torture ... but delightful--or there'd be no gambling in the world.