56 quotes found
Churchman · English
English churchman
“Every body is a critic.”
“Society is built upon trust.”
“Is but the threshold of eternity.”
“The laws are with us, and God on our side.”
“Cold is thy heart and as frozen as Charity!”
“It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment.”
“Gift better than Himself God doth not know,Gift better than God no man can see;This gift doth here the giver given bestowGift to this gift let each receiver be;God is my gift, Himself He freely gav...”
“Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte)”
“The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.”
“Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.”
“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.”
“The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.”
“God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotio...”
“A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.”
“When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.”
“Anger is a transient hatred or at least very like it. ”
“Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.”
“As sure as God is good so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.”
“It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.”
“Thou hast been called O sleep! the friend of woe But 'tis the happy who have called thee so.”
“What will not woman gentle woman dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up?”
“It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed the deeper they burn.”
“Live as long as you may the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.”
