"Our griefs, as well as our joys, owe……" — Jane Porter
"Our griefs, as well as our joys, owe their strongest colors to our imaginations. There is nothing so grievous to be borne that pondering upon it will not make it heavier; and there is no pleasure so vivid that the animation of fancy cannot liven it."
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Jane Porter
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15 Quotes by Jane Porter
Jane Porter has 15 quotes on this site.
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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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Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only…
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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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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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No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.
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False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation…
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My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone…
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It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort.
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The poet alone knows astronomy, chemistry, vegetation, and animation, for he does not stop at these facts, but employs them…
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On played the Mayor's daughters in Horton Hears a Who: I had never done animation, so I thought it would…
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