Pride is a fault that great men blush not to own: it is the ennobled offspring of self-love; though, it must be confessed, grave and pompous vanity, Iike a fat plebeian in a rove of office, does very often assume its name.
O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd? - Joanna Baillie
O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd?
- Joanna Baillie
Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked. - Joanna Baillie
Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.
If my heart were not light, I would die. - Joanna Baillie
If my heart were not light, I would die.
A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger. - Joanna Baillie
A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger.
Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride. - Joanna Baillie
Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure, and go calmly on! The brave man … - Joanna Baillie
To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure, and go calmly on! The brave man …
I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments! - Joanna Baillie
I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!
This will be triumph! This will be happiness! Yea, that very thing, happiness, which I have been pursuing all my life, and have never yet overtaken. - Joanna Baillie
This will be triumph! This will be happiness! Yea, that very thing, happiness, which I have been pursuing all my life, and have never yet overtaken.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel. - Joanna Baillie
A willing heart adds feather to the heel.
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