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> [Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did we not hear The flutter of its wings, and feel it near, And just within our reach? It was. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/have-we-not-all-amid-life-s-petty-strife-some-pure-ideal-of-a-noble-2/)

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## More by Adelaide Anne Procter

> [“No star is ever lost we once have seen, We always may be what we might have been Since Good, though only thought, Has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/no-star-is-ever-lost-we-once-have-seen-we-always-may-be-what-we-might/)

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> [Half my life is full of sorrow, Half of joy, still fresh and new; One of these lives is a fancy, But the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/half-my-life-is-full-of-sorrow-half-of-joy-still-fresh-and-new-one-of/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [No star is lost once we have seen, We always may be what we might have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/no-star-is-lost-once-we-have-seen-we-always-may-be-what-we-might-have/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming, But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/dreams-grow-holy-put-in-action-work-grows-fair-through-starry/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/no-star-is-ever-lost-we-once-have-seen-we-always-may-be-what-we-might-2/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [Kinds hearts are here; yet would the tenderest one Have limits to its mercy; God has none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/kinds-hearts-are-here-yet-would-the-tenderest-one-have-limits-to-its/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/i-know-too-well-the-poison-and-the-sting-of-things-too-sweet/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [“Our Beasts and our Thieves and our Chattels Have weight for good or for ill; But the Poor are only His image, His presence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/our-beasts-and-our-thieves-and-our-chattels-have-weight-for-good-or/)

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> [The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and ass begin to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/the-men-are-much-alarmed-by-certain-speculations-about-women-and-well/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [Dreams grow holy put in action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/dreams-grow-holy-put-in-action/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [Each man has some part to play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/each-man-has-some-part-to-play/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [“Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did we not hear The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/have-we-not-all-amid-life-s-petty-strife-some-pure-ideal-of-a-noble/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did we not hear The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/have-we-not-all-amid-life-s-petty-strife-some-pure-ideal-of-a-noble-2/)

[Adelaide Anne Procter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelaide-anne-procter/)

> [Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, 'Grief will pass away.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/do-no-cheat-thy-heart-and-tell-her-grief-will-pass-away/)

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> [Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, / Some pure idea of a noble life / That once seemed possible?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelaide-anne-procter/have-we-not-all-amid-life-s-petty-strife-some-pure-idea-of-a-noble/)

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