The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence. Ann Radcliffe More Quotes by Ann Radcliffe More Quotes From Ann Radcliffe One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. Ann Radcliffe real action world How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty! Ann Radcliffe good-man wise men I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions. Ann Radcliffe trust judging people Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest. Ann Radcliffe relapse real love Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow. Ann Radcliffe negativity employment sorrow Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value. Ann Radcliffe poverty opinion inspirational The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them! Ann Radcliffe passion spring art Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness. Ann Radcliffe attainment higher wisdom Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult. Ann Radcliffe arise states happiness When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears. Ann Radcliffe fear people moving Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it. Ann Radcliffe heart giving hands When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her. Ann Radcliffe prejudice justice believe What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all. Ann Radcliffe labor He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away; when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther, and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters; that hour, which, of all others, inspires the mind with pensive tenderness, and often elevates it to sublime contemplation. Ann Radcliffe stars mirrors dark At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the whole face of nature, vivifying every colour of the landscape, and sprinkling the dewy earth with glittering light. Ann Radcliffe unveiling light adventure Vanity often produces unreasonable alarm. Ann Radcliffe alarms vanity produce There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children. Ann Radcliffe dying death children There is no accounting for tastes. Ann Radcliffe accounting taste To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted. Ann Radcliffe disappointment mind discovery And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them. Ann Radcliffe degrees evil feelings
