"Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory……" — Jane Porter
"Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel."
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Jane Porter
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15 Quotes by Jane Porter
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The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.
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I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them,…
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Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.
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Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true…
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Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.
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The perfection of outward loveliness is the soul shining through its crystalline covering.
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Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem
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Our griefs, as well as our joys, owe their strongest colors to our imaginations. There is nothing so grievous to…
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Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.
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Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.
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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
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People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to…
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I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
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