Author of quotes: Georgette Heyer

Fate! There is such a thing, she goes after the man at his heels. Approaching him quietly and pounding him on the head at the most inopportune moment, when he expects it the least.

Never, you can never be sure in advance.

... in the world there are many people who call for anything, and then when it happens, tearing their hair...

But it was only in epic tragedies, the sorrow of the hopeless. In real life, tragic and comic are so intertwined that when you're especially unhappy, happen funny things, makes you laugh involuntarily.

A true gentleman <...> should never argue with a lady.

It is the fear to seem unusual so often causes us to suffer, or looking for trouble.

There's no sense in worrying about something that can be corrected. We must always hope that something will happen, or <...> suddenly come with any ideas and we will safely solve our problems.

People tend to pay attention to what surrounds them. "The closer to you the subject, the more you despise him", isn't it?

My intentions are honorable, but I rarely follow them.

If someone tried to draw out it, it became a polite iceberg.

... I hope she will accept you for what you are and do as you can.

Nothing infuriates as the consciousness of his own wrong, right?

I used to think that to be born rich and noble is very nice, but now I see that it's deadly boring!