"Expectation is contentment - Gain satiety." — Emily Dickinson
"Expectation is contentment - Gain satiety."
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Emily Dickinson
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362 Quotes by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson has 362 quotes on this site.
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Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has…
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I imagine therefore I belong and am free.
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If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control…
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Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide.
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'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!
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To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.
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Beauty is not caused, it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides...
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Besides the Autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days, A little this side of the snow, And that side of…
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When everything that ticked has stopped, and space stares, all around, or grisly frosts, first autumn morns, repeal the beating…
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[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
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Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb - or Dome of Worm - or Porch of Gnome - or some…
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We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.
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There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion…
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Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all…
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it…
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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
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