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
God, Greatness of, 757
His love for man, 758
Presence of, shown by blade of grass, 759
The Father's love, 760
The more a man denies himself, 761
The love of, 762
Who serves, will come to Him, 763
Will meet one, who comes, 764
Gold, Key of, opens doors, 765
The golden rule in verse, 766
Golf, A rival to matrimony, instance of, 767
Good, All, comes to him who waits and works, 768
Doing, man responsible for, 769
Doing, is the only, 770
Pleasure of doing, wears not out, 771
Received, makes one tender of evil, 772
Seeking others', 773
What is the difference between, 774
When, comes too late, 775
Good-bye, Better than farewell, etc., 776
Goodness, The sign of, 777
Good-night, To all and each, 778
Gospel, The cross is the guarantee, 779
Gossip, Reasons for avoiding, 780
See Leviticus XIX, 16, 781
Tale-bearers, equal tale-makers, 782
Gossips, The funnels of conversation, 783
When they ought to endure misery, 784
Governors, If families have no sons devoted to, 785
Governs, He best who, 786
Grace, One, by Burns, 787
Saying at meals, instance of, 788
Gratitude, Expect not, from the selfish, 789
Fine expression of, 790
God judges one's, how, 791
How sometimes mistaken, 792
Look above with, 793
Naught so becomes man, 794
What presents make longest, 795
Where found, and not found, 796
Great, Desertion of the, 797
Grief, Excessive, not pleasing to God, 798
God sure to help in, 799
More than necessary, before necessary, 800
Shown, excites sympathy, 801
They mourn, who mourn without witnesses, 802
Time will soften, 803
When one mourns indeed, 804
Grumbling, Rebuked, instance of, 805
Guilt, Cowardly always, 806
Guthrie, Thomas, an anecdote, 807
Thomas, to his son, 807a
Ha, Contrasted with Ah, 808
Habit, Bred by use, 809
Drink, how to correct, 810
Form good, bad will die, 811
Like a cable, 812
No man free, who is a slave of, 813
Not resisted, becomes necessary, 814
Test of truth with some, 815
Habits, Evil, change innocence to guilt, 816
Gather strength like the seas, 817
Hard to make, and break, 818
Tastes change, inclinations never, 819
To strip off, flaying alive, 820
Hand, To stop the, is the way to, 821
Hands, Eloquence of, 822
The most beautiful, 823
Happiness, Consists in what? 824
Consists in contentment, 825
Consists not in, 826
Cottage can hold enough for palace, 827
Earthly of man, when complete, 828
Great in lowly station, 829
Made, by making others happy, 830
Of a happy couple, 831
Reflective, like light, 832
Rejoice in that of others, 833
Unmixed, not found, 834
Hate, Hurts the hater most of all, 835
It is the nature of the human, 836
Haughtiness, Freezes those below us, 837
Two may gain by it, 838
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