"Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are……" — George Crabbe
"Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own."
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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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Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must…
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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
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Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
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I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent…
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Canada was built on dead beavers.
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
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The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.
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Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.
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India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still…
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The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.
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I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
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