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Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes

Life! we’ve been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; Tis hard to part when friends are dear,- Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear. Then steal away, give little warning. Choose thine own time, Say not Good-night, but in some brighter clime, Bid me Good-morning Picture Quote #1

You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already begun. . . Picture Quote #1

Forgotten rimes, and college themes, Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes; A mass of heterogeneous matter. A chaos dark, nor land nor water Picture Quote #1

Wisdom! I bless thy gentle sway, and ever, ever will obey Picture Quote #1

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought Picture Quote #1

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? Picture Quote #1

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It is to hope, though hope were lost Picture Quote #1

The first pale blossom of the unripened year Picture Quote #1

We can only love what we know Picture Quote #1

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith Picture Quote #1

We may think all religions beneficial, and believe of one alone that it is true Picture Quote #1

Time deals gently with me; and though I feel that I descend, the slope is easy Picture Quote #1

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It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays Picture Quote #1

You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already begun Picture Quote #1

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? Picture Quote #1

It is, in truth, the most absurd of all suppositions, that a human being can be educated, or even nourished and brought up, without imbibing numberless prejudices from every thing which passes around him Picture Quote #1

If an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect Picture Quote #1

We should contract our ideas of education, and expect no more from it than it is able to perform Picture Quote #1

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Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct Picture Quote #1

Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read and dispute together, should have all the honors, and, if one may say so, the pomp of learning set before them, to call up their ardor. It is their business, and they should apply to it as such Picture Quote #1

The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend Picture Quote #1

Happy is he to whom, in the maturer season of life, there remains one tried and constant friend Picture Quote #1

So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o’er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore Picture Quote #1

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die! Picture Quote #1

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The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life Picture Quote #1

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Life! we’ve been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; Tis hard to part when friends are dear,- Perhaps ‘twill cost a sigh, a tear. Then steal away, give little warning. Choose thine own time, Say not Good-night, but in some brighter clime, Bid me Good-morning. (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already begun. . . . (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) Forgotten rimes, and college themes, Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes; A mass of heterogeneous matter. A chaos dark, nor land nor water (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) Wisdom! I bless thy gentle sway, and ever, ever will obey (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) The dead of midnight is the noon of thought (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) It is to hope, though hope were lost (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) The first pale blossom of the unripened year (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) We can only love what we know (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) We may think all religions beneficial, and believe of one alone that it is true (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) Time deals gently with me; and though I feel that I descend, the slope is easy (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already begun (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) It is, in truth, the most absurd of all suppositions, that a human being can be educated, or even nourished and brought up, without imbibing numberless prejudices from every thing which passes around him (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) If an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) We should contract our ideas of education, and expect no more from it than it is able to perform (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read and dispute together, should have all the honors, and, if one may say so, the pomp of learning set before them, to call up their ardor. It is their business, and they should apply to it as such (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) Happy is he to whom, in the maturer season of life, there remains one tried and constant friend (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o’er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die! (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes) The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life (Anna Letitia Barbauld Quotes)