Jean Ingelow quotes - page 2

Our own faces, seen suddenly, will sometimes tell us things concerning ourselves that we did not suspect before. (Jean Ingelow)
[U]gliness of the right sort is a kind of beauty. It has some of the best qualities of beauty-it attracts observation and fixes the memory. View quote
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Learn that to love is the one way to know, Or God or man: it is not love received That maketh man to know the inner life Of them that love him; his own love bestowed Shall do it. View quote
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There is nothing so unreasonable as infancy, excepting the maturer stages of life. View quote
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To bear, to nurse, to rear, To watch and then to lose, To see my bright ones disappear, Drawn up like morning dews. View quote
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A sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's wife, Elizabeth. View quote
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Man dwells apart, though not alone, He walks among his peers unread; The best of thoughts which he hath known For lack of listeners are not said. View quote
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If one cannot have success, the next most agreeable thing is failure. View quote
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It seemed proper indeed to crowd the pages with children, for in real life they run all over; the world is covered thickly with the prints of their little footsteps, though, as a rule, books written for grown-up people are kept almost clear of them. View quote
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And we do want poetry for its beauty [...] Yes, only for its beauty; for its moral power over us-its teaching, comforting, and elevating power all depend on its beauty. View quote
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We often think we are of great importance to certain people; that they must be thinking of us and our affairs, that they watch our actions and shape their course accordingly. In general it is not so; we are quite mistaken. (Jean Ingelow)
It would be very unlucky for cats if people in a body should discover how much more jolly it was to be out in the warm golden mist of moonlight, when all was so fresh and sweet, than tucked up in their heated bedrooms under the low ceiling that shuts out the stars. View quote
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If we consider women whose lot it is to inspire deep affection, we shall sometimes find them, not those who can most generously bestow, but those who can most generously receive. View quote
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In general, the woman bears the small misfortunes and continued disappointments of life best, and the man bears best the great ones. View quote
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[O]ne must have a certain amount of both intelligence and knowledge to be amazed even at the most extraordinary things. View quote
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Let me be only sure; for sooth to tell The sorest dole is doubt. View quote
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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. View quote
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we wish for more in life rather than more of it. View quote
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When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries. View quote
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Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod. View quote
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All night, all day, He waits sublime, Until the fulness of the time Decreed from His eternity. (Jean Ingelow)
The while He sits whose name is Love, And waits, as Noah did, for the dove, To wit if she would fly to him. View quote
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And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way. View quote
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Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away. View quote
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And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain. View quote
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