Anna Leonowens Quotes

• The best doctrine may become the worst, if imperfectly understood, erroneously interpreted, or superstitiously followed.

  Anna Leonowens

  Doctrine, May, Belief

  Anna Leonowens (2009). “The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok”, p.184, Applewood Books

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• Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

  Anna Leonowens

  Confidence, Growth, Plant

  Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.269, Applewood Books

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• The fact is remarkable, that though education in its higher degrees is popularly neglected in Siam, there is scarcely a man or woman in the empire who cannot read and write.

  Anna Leonowens

  Writing, Men, Degrees

  Anna Leonowens (2009). “The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok”, Applewood Books

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• In how many lives there lurks a hidden romance or a hidden terror.

  Anna Leonowens

  Romance, Terror

  Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books

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• the night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered.

  Anna Leonowens

  Dark, Night, Gold

  Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books

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• There is compensation in all things.

  Anna Leonowens

  Compensation, All Things

  Anna Leonowens (2009). “The Romance of the Harem”, p.114, Applewood Books

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