Life and Literature: Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers,; and classified in alphabetical orderRichardson, John Purver
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Life and Literature: Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers,; and classified in alphabetical order
Richardson, John Purver
Quotations
Friends, Absolute, rare, 670
But few on earth, 671
Due to choice, 672
Equals make the best, 673
False, are like our shadows, 674
Few real in the world, 675
Gained by good manners, 676
How lost, 677
How to choose, 678
Let us make the best of our, 679
Like melons, why, 680
Like titled husbands, when, 681
Make new, keep old, 682
My treasures are my, 683
Necessary to life, 684
Old, not to be disdained, 685
Paucity of, on earth, 686
Poor man's assets, 687
Purchase not, by, 688
Recognized and loved in heaven, 689
Separated by a gift kept back, 690
Strange to say, I am the only, 691
There is no living without, 692
True, anticipate wants, 693
Unexpected, spring up, 694
Where many, where few, 695
Friendship, A severe test of, 696
Contend which shall have most, 697
Cultivate your neighbor's, 698
In love may end, 699
Renewed requires more care, 700
Keep it in constant repair, 701
Killed by suspicion, 702
Make not with knave, 703
Needs not years to prove, 704
Nothing purer than first, 705
Permanency of, depends, etc., 706
Quickly made, quickly ended, 707
Rare is true love, true, is still, 708
Real, like what, 709
Shown by help, not by pity, 710
Soothes affliction's darkest hour, 711
Summer, drops off in adversity, 712
The higher, 713
True, great blessing, 714
True, is like sound health, 715
Who fit for, 716
Who unworthy of, 717
Who worthy of, will, etc., 718
Whose to value, 719
Worth more than hate, 720
Fruit, Good, never comes from, 721
Fun, Nothing like it sometimes, 722
Future, Groping for the door of, 723
If you would have, 724
The, does not come from, 725
To be met without fear, 726
Gain, Difficult, better than with ease, 727
Has oft, with treacherous hopes, 728
One must give, to get, 729
Pleasant odor, has, 730
Prefer loss to unjust, 731
When loss, 732
Gains, No pains, no, 733
Generosity, Justice and, 734
Justice should precede, 735
Should not exceed ability, 736
Gentleman, A good test of, 737
Coat, makes not, 738
Good rule to tell one by, 739
Main characteristics of, 740
Real and artificial, 741
Teach man to be a, 742
True, who is, 743
Gift, Donor should not speak of, 744
Give freely to him that, 745
Make with smile, not frown, 746
To make, delicate art, 747
Unexpected, most welcome, 748
Gifts, Mental, who in possession of, 749
The best, to man, 750
Girl, Dying, lines to her lover, 751
Some good advice to, 752
Girls, How they should be educated, 753
Give, No one can, 754
Gladness, Not to all who dance, 755
Glass, The hour, emblem of life, 756
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