"Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon……" — George Canning
"Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U- Niversity of Gottingen."
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George Canning
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16 Quotes by George Canning
George Canning has 16 quotes on this site.
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I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.
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A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.
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Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.
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I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are…
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Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your…
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So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three INSIDES.
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Away with the cant of 'Measures not men!'-the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that…
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Man, only - rash, refined, presumptuous man, Starts from his rank, and mars creation's plan.
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But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!
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There is nothing I know of so sublime as a fact.
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If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep, The sky if no longer dark tempests deform; When our perils…
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and…
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
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Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or…
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
— Francis Beaumont
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
— Joseph Addison
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There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I…
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— Linda Blair
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For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my…
— Erma Bombeck
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and…
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