"None speak of the bravery, the might, or……" — Lydia M. Child
"None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much."
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Lydia M. Child
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42 Quotes by Lydia M. Child
Lydia M. Child has 42 quotes on this site.
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Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
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An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
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The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in…
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Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
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Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an…
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Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to…
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Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does…
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You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure…
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They [slaves] have stabbed themselves for freedom-jumped into the waves for freedom-starved for freedom-fought like very tigers for freedom! But…
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Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap…
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Yours for the unshackled exercise of every faculty by every human being.
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Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved…
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More Acute Quotes
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Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
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Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will…
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Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is…
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We find a place for what we lose. Although we know that after such a loss the acute stage of…
— Sigmund Freud
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I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Like all good things, prayer requires some discipline. Yet I believe that life with God should seem more like friendship…
— Philip Yancey
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...all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by…
— Hippocrates
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He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held…
— Baruch Spinoza
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I remember the days of my youth when everything was new and bright; when the mind was always questing, searching,…
— Jennifer Worth
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Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape…
— George Meredith
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What the horrors of war are, no one can imagine. They are not wounds and blood and fever, spotted and…
— Florence Nightingale
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Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom.
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