"More company increases happiness, but does not lighten……" — Thomas Traherne
"More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery."
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Thomas Traherne
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38 Quotes by Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne has 38 quotes on this site.
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Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is…
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Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's…
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You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the…
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An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things,…
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This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting…
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The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet…
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To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.
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I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by…
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To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary…
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Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them…
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Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly…
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It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to…
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More Company Quotes
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People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A…
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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds…
— Mary Astell
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When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn…
— Saint Augustine
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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that…
— Jane Austen
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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will…
— Teresa of Avila
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Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.
— Joe Baca
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Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.
— Russell Baker
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Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith.
— Stephen Baldwin
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We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out…
— Dave Barry
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies.…
— Drew Barrymore
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It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love…
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