"Better to love amiss than nothing to have…" — George Crabbe
"Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved."
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George Crabbe
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47 Quotes by George Crabbe
George Crabbe has 47 quotes on this site.
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We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.
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This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe…
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With eye upraised his master's look to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man: The rich man's…
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Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.
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Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; The joy of youth and…
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Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the…
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Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the…
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How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things,…
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In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way.
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Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.
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Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful…
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Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality.
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More Amiss Quotes
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one of 66 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying.
— Richard Barnfield
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Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our…
— Edmund Burke
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I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing…
— Charlotte Bunch
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On a flight of emotion there's wonder and bliss, but beware of a landing that may go amiss.
— Wes Fesler
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(The difficulty over the question of eternal torments lies in) how it is irreconcilable with the Goodness of God, to…
— Samuel Clarke
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Something had gone amiss with men, and the weak ones were dangerous.
— Thomas McGuane
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He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he…
— George MacDonald
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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense…
— Edward Dowden
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When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If…
— Melissa Rosenberg
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A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss
— Chrissie Hynde
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You say, "Where goest Thou?" I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot…
— Victor Hugo
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