"We must, therefore, be here as strangers and……" — Anne Bradstreet
"We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above."
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29 Quotes by Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet has 29 quotes on this site.
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Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into…
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If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
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Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
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There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that…
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Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, I here, though there, yet both but one.
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Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are.
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A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.
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Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending; a negligent youth is usually…
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I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.
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I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits,
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To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things,
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Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure.
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More Cities Quotes
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
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Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one…
— Paul Auster
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were…
— Karen Armstrong
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I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
— Margaret Atwood
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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
— Jane Austen
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
— Diane Ackerman
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
— Diane Ackerman
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There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.…
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London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's…
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My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need…
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I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that…
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