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.
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.
men flames lamps
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
eye men confusion
True virtue, when she errs, needs not the eyes of men to excite her blushes; she is confounded at her own presence, and covered with confusion of face.
men tears world
When Alexander had subdued the world, and wept that none were left to dispute his arms, his tears were an involuntary tribute to a monarchy that he knew not, man's empire over himself.
liars lying men
We all know that a lie needs no other grounds, than the invention of the liar; and to take for granted as truth, all that is alleged against the fame of others, is a species of credulity, that men would blush at on any other subject.
revenge men avenging
The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who injured us; and it is hardly possible for one man to be more unlike another than he that forbears to avenge himself of wrong is to him who did the wrong.
men self mind
Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.
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.