"That short, potential stir That each can make……" — Emily Dickinson
"That short, potential stir That each can make but once, That bustle so illustrious Tis almost consequence, Is the eclat of death."
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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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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action…
— Abigail Adams
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For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an…
— Robert Benchley
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The stillness of the early morning scene enables me to take in and enjoy many things which pass me by…
— Rosemary Verey
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Most restaurants fail. The sad ones are stillborn. The mad ones flourish within the bustle and excitement of fame, notoriety,…
— Sam Sifton
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Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse Contemplation, she plumes her feathers, and lets…
— John Milton
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Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we…
— Doug Henning
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Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the…
— John Milton
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It is customary to complain of the bustle and strenuousness of our epoch. But in truth the chief mark of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a…
— Ronald Reagan
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The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment…
— Oscar Wilde
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Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a…
— Ronald Reagan
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