Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
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Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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The sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven By man is cursed alway.
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Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
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Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not for him!Not for him who, departing, leaves millions in tears!Not for him who has died full of honor and years!Not for him who ascended Fame’s ladder so high:From the round at the top he has stepped to the sky.
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Wisdom sits aloneTopmost in Heaven.
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For it stirs the blood in an old man’s heart, And makes his pulses fly,To catch the thrill of a happy voice And the light of a pleasant eye.
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It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses,When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses.
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How beautiful it is for a man to die Upon the walls of Zion! to be called Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel, To put his armour off, and rest in heaven!
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The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street.
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Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.
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They are all up — the innumerable stars— And hold their place in heaven. ... There they stand, Shining in order, like a living hymn Written in light, awaking at the breath Of the celestial dawn, and praising Him Who made them, with the harmony of sphere.
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Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.
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Youth is beautiful; its friendship is precious; the intercourse with it is a purifying release from the worn and stained harness of older life.
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The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.
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Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.
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The Italians say that a beautiful woman by her smiles draws tears from our purse.
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Your love in a cottage is hungry, Your vine is a nest for flies- Your milkmaid shocks the Graces, And simplicity talks of pies! You lie down to your shady slumber And wake with a bug in your ear, And your damsel that walks in the morning Is shod like a mountaineer.
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One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.
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If e'er I win a parting token, 'Tis something that has lost its power-- A chain that has been used and broken, A ruin'd glove, a faded flower; Something that makes my pleasure less, Something that means--forgetfulness.