James Sheridan Knowles Professions : DramatistBorn : May 12, 1784Died : November 30, 1862 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by James Sheridan Knowles Women do act their part when they do make their ordered houses know them. James Sheridan Knowles domesticityknowshouse Save the love we pay to heaven, there is none purer, holier, than that a virtuous woman feels for him she would cleave through life to. Sisters part from sisters, brothers from brothers, children from their parents, but such woman from the husband of her choice, never! James Sheridan Knowles marriagebrotherchildren A sound so fine, there 's nothing lives 'Twixt it and silence. James Sheridan Knowles silencesoundlife What delight To back the flying steed, that challenges The wind for speed! - seems native more of air Than earth! - whose burden only lends him fire! - Whose soul, in his task, turns labour into sport; Who makes your pastime his! I sit him now! He takes away my breath! He makes me reel! I touch not earth - I see not - hear not. All Is ecstasy of motion! James Sheridan Knowles fireairsports Find earth where grows no weed, and you may find a heart wherein no error grows. James Sheridan Knowles weederrorsheart The longest time that man may live, James Sheridan Knowles oceanracemen Extremes are ever neighbors; 'tis a step from one to the other. James Sheridan Knowles extremesneighborsteps The herald, earth-accredited, of heaven,--which when men hear, they think upon heaven's king, and run the items over of the account to which he is sure to call them. James Sheridan Knowles kingsrunningmen Wedlock joins nothing, if it joins not hearts. James Sheridan Knowles wedlockifsheart Similar Authors Brian Friel dramatist Antoine-Marin Lemierre dramatist Aphra Behn dramatist Arnold Wesker dramatist Armand Salacrou dramatist Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza dramatistAll Authors
