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
Sunday, Observe, bells of, as angel's music, 1864
Why made the Sabbath, 1865
Superiors, The ways of, are generally, 1866
Swimming, Easy when held up, 1867
Sympathy, A golden key, 1868
A good test of, 1869
Clasp of hands, oft reveals, 1870
Heavenly, greater than gold, 1871
The human heart sighs for, 1872
These two complain, but no one, 1873
System, A saver of time, 1874
Tact, Shown in addressing at proper time, 1875
Talent, World ready to receive, 1876
Is something, but tact, is, 1877
Talk, All, shows no respect, 1878
Spendthrift of the tongue, 1879
They always, who think not, 1880
Talker, Great, sometimes right, 1881
The, sows, the listener, 1882
Talking, Name some, who talk too much, 1883
A man of sense talks little, 1884
Tardiness, Rebuke of, by Washington, 1885
Taste, Cost, takes away, 1886
Teaching, Learning twice, 1887
Tear, Nothing dies sooner than, 1888
Tears, God counts a woman's, 1889
Language strangled by, 1890
Silent effusions of sincere feelings, 1891
Sometimes have the, 1892
The diamonds of the eye, 1893
Tide working upward to the eye, 1894
Temper, Govern, or it will govern you, 1895
Good, is like a, 1896
If you have a good, 1897
When one can afford to keep, or lose it, 1898
Temptations, All come to the idle, 1899
Toil is a foil, 1900
Theatre, Opinion of, by some actors, 1901
Theory, Worth less, than practice, 1902
Things, All, that begin, end, 1903
Little do, and big will come, 1904
Little, do not despise, 1905
Small, despise not, 1906
Thought, Rules the world, 1907
The most important, 1908
Thoughts, First, not always the best, 1909
In matters of conscience, etc., which best, 1910
Without evil, God's best gift, 1911
Thumb, It is said the, is stronger, 1912
Thunder, Reason for liking to hear it, 1913
Tickling, There is scarcely anyone, 1914
Time, A great master, 1915
Forgotten in conversation, 1916
Happy, passes quickly, 1917
Honor, while passing, 1918
How noiseless falls, 1919
Hour lost in the morning, etc., 1920
Passes, like the, 1921
Spare moments, gold dust of, 1922
Unveils truth, 1923
Title, A peculiar way of acquiring, 1924
Tobacco, What animals use, 1925
To-day, Live, love and labor in, 1926
To-morrow, Prepare for, 1927
Whose is it? 1928
Told, What cannot be, 1929
Tongue, Better hold, than, 1930
But one, though two eyes, 1931
Control it, 1932
Creates great mischief, 1933
Instrument of good or ill, 1934
Let mildness attend your, 1935
More necessary to guard than, etc., 1936
Sin not with, life-long lesson, 1937
The, cuts like steel, 1938
Tool that grows keener by use, 1939
Tourist, Some too busy traveling, to see, 1940
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