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The proper study of mankind is woman. (Coventry Patmore)
The flower of olden sanctities. View quote
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Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, -His Mother, who was patient, being dead. View quote
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I saw you take his kiss!" "'Tis true." "O, modesty!" "'Twas strictly kept: He thought me asleep; at least, I knew He thought I thought he thought I slept. View quote
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Modern Philosophers, that wisely keep to sandy shallows, like shrimps, for fear of bigger fish. View quote
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The enthusiasm for goodness which shows that it is not the habit of the mind. View quote
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Nothing remains with man unless it is insinuated with some delight. View quote
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Holy indignation is a proof that we should do the same thing ourselves, and easy tears are a certain sign of a hard heart. View quote
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Strong passions mean weak will, and he Who truly knows the strength and bliss Which are in love, will own with me No passion but a virtue 'tis. View quote
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The beauty in her lover's eyes Was admiration of her own. View quote
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Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions." (Coventry Patmore)
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years. View quote
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The moods of love are like the wind, And none knows whence or why they rise. View quote
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Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most obscure book in the world. He must be a great fool who thinks he understands the plainest chapter of it. View quote
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Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom. View quote
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Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century. View quote
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Creation differs from subsistence only as the first leap of a fountain differs from its continuance. View quote
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The ardour chills us which we do not share. View quote
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Science is a line, art a superficies, and life or the knowledge of God, a solid. View quote
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The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter O. View quote
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All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence. (Coventry Patmore)
How light the touches are that kiss The music from the chords of life! View quote
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The modern Agnostic improves upon the ancient by adding "I don't care" to "I don't know". View quote
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Bright looks reply, approving so Beauty's elixir vitæ, praise. View quote
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I vowed unvarying faith, and she To whom in full I pay that vow, Rewards me with variety Which men who change can never know. View quote
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