"The men are much alarmed by certain speculations……" — Adelaide Anne Procter
"The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving."
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15 Quotes by Adelaide Anne Procter
Adelaide Anne Procter has 15 quotes on this site.
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No star is lost once we have seen, We always may be what we might have been.
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I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.
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Dreams grow holy put in action.
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See how time makes all grief decay.
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Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the…
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Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming, But where each flows on unmingling, both are…
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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…
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Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies To…
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Each man has some part to play.
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I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine…
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More Adieu Quotes
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So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
— William Shenstone
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Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.
— William Shakespeare
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Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
— Dale Evans
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Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of…
— Boris Pasternak
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad…
— Billy Joel
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Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry…
— Pierre-Jean de Beranger
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I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, which can only apply to felons, but rather to finding…
— Marie Antoinette
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He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, "Adieu…
— Walter Scott
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Old Year! upon the Stage of Time You stand to bow your last adieu; A moment, and the prompter's chime…
— Robert W. Service
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Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu
— John Keats
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The weather behaved itself. In the spring, the little flowers came out obediently in the meads, and the dew sparkled,…
— T.H. White
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