George Crabbe

Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego,…

— George Crabbe

Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality.

— George Crabbe

Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.

— George Crabbe

Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.

— George Crabbe

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You…

— George Crabbe

How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would…

— George Crabbe

But jest apart--what virtue canst thou trace In that broad trim that hides thy sober face? Does that long-skirted drab, that over-nice…

— George Crabbe

To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform…

— George Crabbe

We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.

— George Crabbe

A master passion is the love of news.

— George Crabbe

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.

— George Crabbe

Who often reads, will sometimes wish to write.

— George Crabbe

Men of many words sometimes argue for the sake of talking; men of ready tongues frequently dispute for the sake of victory;…

— George Crabbe

With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead.

— George Crabbe

There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without…

— George Crabbe