Quotes by Adelaide Proctor

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Poet and philanthropist · English · 1825–1864

English poet and philanthropist (1825–1864)

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Popular Quotes

“See how time makes all grief decay.”

“I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet.”

“No star is ever lost we once have seen We always may be what we might have been.”

“No star is ever lost we once have seen We always may be what we might have been.”

“One by one the sands are flowing One by one the moments fall Some are coming some are going Do not strive to grasp them all.”

“One by one the sands are flowing One by one the moments fall Some are coming some are going Do not strive to grasp them all.”

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action hope past self control future

“One by one the sands are flowing One by one the moments fall Some are coming some are going Do not strive to grasp them all.”
— Adelaide Proctor
action

“Dreams grow holy put in action work grows fair through starry dreaming. But where each flows on unmingling both are fruitless and in vain.”
— Adelaide Proctor
hope

“I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet.”
— Adelaide Proctor
self control

“See how time makes all grief decay.”
— Adelaide Proctor
future

“No star is ever lost we once have seen We always may be what we might have been.”
— Adelaide Proctor
past

“One by one the sands are flowing One by one the moments fall Some are coming some are going Do not strive to grasp them all.”
— Adelaide Proctor
action

“Dreams grow holy put in action work grows fair through starry dreaming. But where each flows on unmingling both are fruitless and in vain.”
— Adelaide Proctor
hope

“No star is ever lost we once have seen We always may be what we might have been.”
— Adelaide Proctor
past