"Truth is so rare that it is delightful…" — Emily Dickinson

"Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell"

— Emily Dickinson

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362 Quotes by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson has 362 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has…
I imagine therefore I belong and am free.
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control…
Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide.
'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!
To be alive is power; existence in itself; without a further function; omnipotence.
Beauty is not caused, it is; Chase it and it ceases, Chase it not and it abides...
Besides the Autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days, A little this side of the snow, And that side of…
When everything that ticked has stopped, and space stares, all around, or grisly frosts, first autumn morns, repeal the beating…
[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
Drab Habitation of Whom? Tabernacle or Tomb - or Dome of Worm - or Porch of Gnome - or some…
We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock. — John Barrymore
How delightful to find a friend in everyone. — Joseph Brodsky
You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them. — Bill Bryson
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the… — Louisa May Alcott
I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting. — Lord Byron
Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its… — Arthur Dove
All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss. — Edmund Spenser
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making… — William Cowper
Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. — Doug Larson
I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of… — Helen Keller
We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep.… — Jerry Seinfeld
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when… — Alexander Smith

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