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
Hope, A charming word, 918
Always better, than despair, 919
Disappointment tracks step of, 920
Effect of living on, 921
Finest sort of courage, 922
Loss of, effect of, 923
None, breaks hearts, 924
Oft ends in hope, 925
Setting of, like setting sun, 926
Sometimes a delusion, 927
There is, if we live, 928
Where, in death, John Knox, 929
Hospitality, May give joy and honor, 930
Hours, All our sweetest, 931
House, Changed after absence, 932
Children, light of, 933
Mended, often more costly than new, 934
None like God's out-of-doors, 935
Not to go uninvited, 936
Houses, Built to live in, etc., 937
Household, What is an unhappy one, 938
Humanity, Goes with religion, 939
Our, were a poor thing, but for the, 940
Humble, Full the, there is, 941
Humility, Full head most humble, 942
Root of virtue, 943
Hunger, Mother of impatience, etc., 944
Who must, 945
Hungry, The full stomach cannot, 946
Wait, a hard word to the, 947
Husband, Excellencies of a, 948
Interests of, same as wife's, 949
Hymn, What one hymn accomplished, 950
I, The letter, worthy of aversion, when, 951
What am I? Naught, etc., 952
Ideas, Like beards, grown men have them, 953
Idleness, Brings need, 954
Desertion and suicide, 955
Idle man has no time for work, 956
Increases, if indulged, 957
Love, cures, 958
Lose labor, rather than time in, 959
Must thank itself, if barefoot, 960
Waste not my spring in, 961
Ignorance, For want of asking questions, 962
Often a voluntary misfortune, 963
Ills, Bear known, rather than risk unknown, 964
Of man, his own seeking, 965
Imitation, Sign of esteem, 966
Immortality, Man's longing after, 967
Impertinence, Who guilty of, 968
Importance, Self, as of, etc., 969
Imports, Should be more than exports, 970
Improvement, All not susceptible of, 971
Inaction, It is better to have nothing to do, 972
Inclinations, Men of all ages, have, 973
Income, Carry not all on the back, 974
Our, are like our shoes, 975
Inconstancy, Expressed by Shakespeare, 976
Inconsistency, Mankind made up of, 977
Indecision, Lose this day loitering, 978
Independence, To be loved, 979
If any man can do without, 980
Indigestion, Financial, sign of, 981
Individuals, Qualities of, 982
Industry, Makes the best gown, 983
Inevitable, The, bear with a smile, 984
Infants, Smiles of, 985
The first joy it brings, 986
Infirmities, Blame not one, for, 987
Influence, Personal, good result of, 988
It is reported that a, 989
Ingratitude, Common to hate benefactors, 990
Inheritance, Thine, how to enter on it, 991
Injuries, Write thine in the dust, 992
Injury, Creates suspicion, 993
Noblest remedy for, 994
Revenge of, forgiveness, 995
Who hurts another, injures himself, 996
Ink, Power of, 997
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