What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignati...on--of all the conflicts and the sacrifices that enno ble us most. A sick room may often furnish the worth of volumes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Had his other friends been as diligent and ardent as I was, he might have been almost entirely preserved. As it is, I will venture... to say that he will be seen in this work more completely than any man who has ever yet lived.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem t...o have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things a...gain in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I look on it as no trifling effort of female strength to withstand the artful and ardent solicitations of a man that is thoroughly... master of our hearts. Should we in the conflict come off victorious, it hardly pays us for the pain we suffer from the experiment ... and I still persist in it that such a behaviour in any man I love would rob me of that most pleasing thought, namely, the obligation I have to him for not making such a trial.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have often felt as though I had inherited all the defiance and all the passions with which our ancestors defended their Temple a...nd could gladly sacrifice my life for one great moment in history. And at the same time I always felt so helpless and incapable of expressing these ardent passions even by a word or a poem.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The hapless Nymph with wonder saw: A whisker first and then a claw,... With many an ardent wish, She stretch'd in vain to reach the prize. What female heart can gold despise? What Cat's averse to fish?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »