Anna Jameson
Anna Jameson
Anna Brownell Jamesonwas a British writer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 May 1794
nature beauty-and-love inseparable
Nature and truth are one, and immutable, and inseparable as beauty and love.
sunshine two heaven
Genius and sunshine have this in common that they are the two most precious gifts of heaven to earth, and are dispensed equally to the just and the unjust.
peace evil wickedness
In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.
chords compared conversation seven weather
Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather
competition man
The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.
beginning begins either ends fear morals principle religion
In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.