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ROWE, Nicholas Quotes
(1674-1718), English dramatist and poet
The joy of meeting pays the pangs of absence; else who could bear it?
Age sits with decent grace upon his visage, and worthily becomes his silver locks, who wears the marks of many years well spent, of virtue, truth well tried, and wise experience.
Great souls, by nature half divine, soar to the stars, and hold a near acquaintance with the gods.
I will not borrow merit from the dead, myself an undeserver.
Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good, though the ungrateful subjects of their favors are barren in return.
The wise and active conquer difficulties by daring to attempt them.—Sloth and folly shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, and make the impossibility they fear.
The narrow soul knows not the godlike glory of forgiving.
Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good, though the ungrateful subjects of their favors are barren in return.
Guilt is the source of sorrow, the avenging fiend, that follows us behind with whips and stings.
Lust is, of all the frailties of our nature, what most we ought to fear; the headstrong beast rushes along impatient of the course; nor hears the rider's call, nor feels the rein.
If you would have the nuptial union last, let virtue be the bond that ties it fast.
The joys of meeting pay the pangs of absence; else who could bear it?
The memory is a treasurer to whom we must give funds, if we would draw the assistance we need.
Were there but a single mercy apportioned to each moment of our lives, the sum would rise very high; but how is our arithmetic confounded when every minute has more than we can distinctly number.
With patience bear the lot to thee assigned, nor think it chance, nor murmur at the load; for know what man calls fortune, is from God.
Distinction of rank is necessary for the economy of the world, and was never called in question, but by barbarians and enthusiasts.
Conscious remorse and anguish must be felt, to curb desire, to break the stubborn will, and work a second nature in the soul.
Conscious remorse and anguish must be felt, to curb desire, to break the stubborn will, and work a second nature in the soul, ere virtue can regain the place she lost.
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