All Anne Bradstreet Quotes
- Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and… Affliction
- If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee. Ever Man
- Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending. Age
- There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but… Action
- Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone, I here, though there, yet both but one. Bone
- Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are. Funny
- A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider. Adversity
- Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending; a negligent youth is usually attended by an ignorant middle… Age
- I wish my Sun may never set, but burn. Burn
- I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits, Better
- To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things, Begun
- Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure/A weak or wounded brain admits no cure. Admits
- I happy am, if well with you. Happiness
- We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above. Cities
- If ever wife was happy in a man, compare with me, ye women if you can. Compare
- I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold. All
- The world no longer lets me love, My hope and treasure are above. Heaven
- My hope and treasure lies above Hope
- Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom. Better
- If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man,… All