"True delicacy, that most beautiful heart-leaf of humanity,……" — Mary Howitt
"True delicacy, that most beautiful heart-leaf of humanity, exhibits itself most significantly in little things."
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11 Quotes by Mary Howitt
Mary Howitt has 11 quotes on this site.
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Yes, in the poor man's garden grow Far more than herbs and flowers - Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind,…
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He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.
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Heart's ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out Full twenty different…
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God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race -- to enlarge our hearts, to make…
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I know he's coming by this sign, That baby's almost wild; See how he laughs and crows and starts —…
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Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every…
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Will you walk into my parlour? Said the spider to a fly: '"Tis the prettiest little parlour That ever you…
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Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth, And the brook cries like a child! Not…
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God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race - to enlarge our hearts; and to…
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For visions come not to polluted eyes.
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