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Henry Giles Quotes

There is so much of the glare and grief of life connected with the stage that it fills me with most solemn thoughts Picture Quote #1

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory Picture Quote #1

Music is the medicine of an afflicted mind, a sweet sad measure is the balm of a wounded spirit; and joy is heightened by exultant strains Picture Quote #1

Humor is of a genial quality, and closely allied to pity Picture Quote #1

People creep into childhood, bound into youth, sober in adulthood, and soften into old age Picture Quote #1

If the poor man cannot always get meat, the rich man cannot always digest it Picture Quote #1

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Resolves perish into vacancy, that, if executed, might have been noble works Picture Quote #1

Esteem cannot be where there is no confidence, and there can be no confidence where there is no respect Picture Quote #1

The direct relation of music is not to ideas, but emotions. Music, in the works of its greatest masters, is more marvellous, more mysterious, than poetry Picture Quote #1

Calculation is of the head; impulse is of the heart; and both are good in their way Picture Quote #1

Man is greater than a world, than systems of worlds; there is more mystery in the union of soul with the physical than in the creation of a universe Picture Quote #1

We can but ill endure, among so many sad realities; to rob anticipation of its pleasant visions Picture Quote #1

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We are not to wait to be in preparing to be. We are not to wait to do in preparing to do, but to find in being and doing preparation for higher being and doing Picture Quote #1

The will that yields the first time with some reluctance does so the second time with less hesitation, and the third time with none at all, until presently the habit is adopted Picture Quote #1

Whenever I contemplate man in the actual world or the ideal, I am lost amidst the infinite multiformity of his life, but always end in wonder at the essential unity of his nature Picture Quote #1

Great names stand not alone for great deeds; they stand also far great virtues, and, doing them worship, we elevate ourselves Picture Quote #1

No principal is so noble, as there is none more holy, than that of a true obedience Picture Quote #1

Literature, as a field of glory, is an arena where a tomb may be more easily found than laurels; and as a means of support, it is the chance of chances Picture Quote #1

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Happiness is not the end of duty, it is a constituent of it. It is in it and of it; not an equivalent, but an element Picture Quote #1

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There is so much of the glare and grief of life connected with the stage that it fills me with most solemn thoughts (Henry Giles Quotes) A song will outlive all sermons in the memory (Henry Giles Quotes) Music is the medicine of an afflicted mind, a sweet sad measure is the balm of a wounded spirit; and joy is heightened by exultant strains (Henry Giles Quotes) Humor is of a genial quality, and closely allied to pity (Henry Giles Quotes) People creep into childhood, bound into youth, sober in adulthood, and soften into old age (Henry Giles Quotes) If the poor man cannot always get meat, the rich man cannot always digest it (Henry Giles Quotes) Resolves perish into vacancy, that, if executed, might have been noble works (Henry Giles Quotes) Esteem cannot be where there is no confidence, and there can be no confidence where there is no respect (Henry Giles Quotes) The direct relation of music is not to ideas, but emotions. Music, in the works of its greatest masters, is more marvellous, more mysterious, than poetry (Henry Giles Quotes) Calculation is of the head; impulse is of the heart; and both are good in their way (Henry Giles Quotes) Man is greater than a world, than systems of worlds; there is more mystery in the union of soul with the physical than in the creation of a universe (Henry Giles Quotes) We can but ill endure, among so many sad realities; to rob anticipation of its pleasant visions (Henry Giles Quotes) We are not to wait to be in preparing to be. We are not to wait to do in preparing to do, but to find in being and doing preparation for higher being and doing (Henry Giles Quotes) The will that yields the first time with some reluctance does so the second time with less hesitation, and the third time with none at all, until presently the habit is adopted (Henry Giles Quotes) Whenever I contemplate man in the actual world or the ideal, I am lost amidst the infinite multiformity of his life, but always end in wonder at the essential unity of his nature (Henry Giles Quotes) Great names stand not alone for great deeds; they stand also far great virtues, and, doing them worship, we elevate ourselves (Henry Giles Quotes) No principal is so noble, as there is none more holy, than that of a true obedience (Henry Giles Quotes) Literature, as a field of glory, is an arena where a tomb may be more easily found than laurels; and as a means of support, it is the chance of chances (Henry Giles Quotes) Happiness is not the end of duty, it is a constituent of it. It is in it and of it; not an equivalent, but an element (Henry Giles Quotes)