Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
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How like a mounting devil in the heart rules the unreined ambition.
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Blessed are the joymakers.
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.
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Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.
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Temptation hath a music for all ears.
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The position you hold and the work you are now doing.
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Of dead kingdoms I recall the soul, sitting amid their ruins
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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light.
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One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity…
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Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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