To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions. Jane Porter More Quotes by Jane Porter More Quotes From Jane Porter How different is the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity. Jane Porter voiceeyehands 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. Jane Porter anxietyovercomingdoubt The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber. Jane Porter flatterymerithonest 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. Jane Porter gracelonghands That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart. Jane Porter depthgriefheart There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate. Jane Porter noblehumilitymind Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle. Jane Porter constitutionvirtueprinciples National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices. Jane Porter antipathyilliterateprejudice 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. Jane Porter temptationmayreligion 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. Jane Porter beautifulbeautyideas Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end. Jane Porter summerwarbook In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother. Jane Porter beloved-wifecareersmother We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts; an endearing contract of sympathy, mutual forbearance, and respect! Jane Porter vanityheartfriendship Compulsion hardly restores right; love yields all things. Jane Porter compulsionyieldlove The platform or the altar of love may be analyzed and explained; it is constructed of virtue, beauty, and affection. Such is the pyre, such is the offering; but the ethereal spark must come from heaven, that lights the sacrifice. Jane Porter sacrificelightlove 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. Jane Porter warfaredesertmen 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. Jane Porter womanbetterthinkman
