"There is something in the ardour and ingenousness……" — Ann Radcliffe
"There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world."
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Ann Radcliffe
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27 Quotes by Ann Radcliffe
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At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all…
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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
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Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or…
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There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.
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I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
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The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber,…
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I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever…
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But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am,…
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And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense…
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Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.
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I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the…
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Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.
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More Ardour Quotes
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Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of…
— Sun Tzu
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It is odd to watch with what feverish ardour Americans pursue prosperity, ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour,
— Julia Margaret Cameron
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From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a…
— Julia Margaret Cameron
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...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of…
— Unknown Author
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Our great need is not ardour to save man but courage to face God - courage to face God with…
— Peter Forsyth
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But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by…
— Samuel Johnson
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The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the…
— Joseph Conrad
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Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.
— John Keats
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The quality of life, which in the ardour of spring was personal and sexual, becomes social in midsummer.
— Henry Beston
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The number of such as live without the ardour of inquiry is very small, though many content themselves with cheap…
— Samuel Johnson
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