Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things (Evelina, 39)
Fanny Burney quote A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.
Fanny Burney quote The whole of this unfortunate business', said Dr Lyster, 'has been the result of Pride and Prejudice' [Cecilia]
Fanny Burney quote Biography
Lived 1752 - 1840, English novelist and diarist