The best Quotes from Little Lord Fauntleroy

The best Quotes from Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's (the publisher of St. Nicholas) in 1886. The illustrations by Reginald B. Birch set fashion trends and the novel set a precedent in copyright law when Burnett won a lawsuit in 1888 against E. V. Seebohm over the rights to theatrical adaptations of the work.

Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart.
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But only be good, dear, only be brave, only be kind and true always, and then you will never hurt any one, so long as you live, and you may help many, and the big world may be better because my little child was born.
Miss Herbert: "Come here, Lord Fauntleroy and tell me why you look at me so."
Ceddie Erroll: "I was thinking how beautiful you are."
Dearest says that is the best kind of goodness; not to think about yourself, but to think about other people.
And that is best of all, Ceddie, it is better than everything else, that the world should be a little better because a man has lived - even ever so little better, dearest.
It had never occurred to his honest, simple little mind that there were people who could forget kindnesses.
If any one had told me I could be fond of a child, I should not have believed them. I always detested children -- my own more than the rest. I am fond of this one and he is fond of me. I am not popular; I never was. But he is fond of me. He was never afraid of me - he always trusted me. He would have filled my place better than I have filled it. I know that. He would have been an honor to the name.
Earl of Dorincourt
To see each of his ugly, selfish motives changed into a good and generous one by the simplicity of a child was a singular experience.
She said that perhaps it was not so easy to be very rich; that if any one had so many things always, one might sometimes forget that every one else was not so fortunate, and that one who is rich should always be careful and try to remember.
When a man is very good and knows a great deal, he is elected president.
He knew nothing of earls and castles; he was quite ignorant of all grand and splendid things; but he was always lovable because he was simple and loving. To be so is like being born a king.
Everything was not as picturesque when seen near by, as it looked from a distance. She had found idleness and poverty and ignorance where there should have been comfort and industry.

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