Jane Porter
Jane Porter
Jane Porterwas an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 January 1776
CountryIreland
men thinking abuse
I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another.
anxiety doubt fruit
The doubts of love are never to be wholly overcome; they grow with its various anxieties, timidities, and tenderness, and are the very fruits of the reverence in which the admired object is beheld.
merit honest flattery
The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.
hands long grace
Virtue, without the graces, is like a rich diamond unpolished--it hardly looks better than a common pebble; but when the hand of the master rubs off the roughness, and forms the sides into a thousand brilliant surfaces, it is then that we acknowledge its worth, admire its beauty, and long to wear it in our bosoms.
grief heart inward
That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.
humility mind noble
There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.
principles constitution virtue
Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.
prejudice illiterate antipathy
National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.
temptation religion may
The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop or undermine, and destroy.
beauty beautiful ideas
Beauty of form affects the mind, but then it must be understood that it is not the mere shell that we admire; we are attracted by the idea that this shell is only a beautiful case adjusted to the shape and value of a still more beautiful pearl within. The perfection of outward loveliness is the soul shining through its crystalline covering.
men warfare desert
Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty--he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless resolution; and he rejects the providence of that All-Gracious Being who guides and rules the universe.
heart feet tears
Lachrymal counsellors, with one foot in the cave of despair, and the other invading the peace of their friends, are the paralyzers of action, the pests of society, and the subtlest homicides in the world; they poison with a tear; and convey a dagger to the heart while they press you to their bosoms.
believe thinking
Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.
thinking self matter
Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.