"Spirit of place! It is for this we……" — Alice Meynell
"Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name."
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Alice Meynell
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16 Quotes by Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell has 16 quotes on this site.
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The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
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If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look…
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The true colour of life is the colour of the body, the colour of the covered red, the implicit and…
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Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act.
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We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies.…
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Let us turn to our own childhoods-no further-if we will renew our sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of…
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I come from nothing: but from where come the undying thoughts I bear?
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A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of…
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It is principally for the sake of the leg that a change in the dress of man is so much…
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It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.
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She walks--the lady of my delight-- A sheperdess of sheep. Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white; She guards…
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Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an…
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You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an…
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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
— Franz Grillparzer
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All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our…
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If we then let the words of Christ abide in us, they will stir us up in prayer.
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If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily…
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— Bob Goodlatte
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As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself.
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