Famous quotes containing the words jane grey swisshelm, grey swisshelm, jane grey, grey and/or swisshelm:
“It is an old adage, “All is fair in love as in war,” but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“So, instead of spending my strength quarreling with the hand, I would strike for the heart of that great tyranny.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“When a woman starts out in the world on a mission, secular or religious, she should leave her feminine charms at home.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“Perhaps you have been busy
Horse-whipping Sal or Lizzie,
Stealing some poor man’s baby,
Selling its mother, maybe.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)