Scottish - Writer | January 14, 1801 - April 21, 1866
'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.
Jane Welsh Carlyle
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It is much to be wished that one had a post that knew what it was doing again; and lawmakers that knew what they were doing. If I were the Government, I should feel rather ashamed of making regulations one month and unmaking them the next.
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Either I am just what God intended me for, or God cannot 'carry out' His intentions, it would seem.
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One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.
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The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.
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Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! - make a pudding?
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But what are friends? What is a husband, even, compared with one's Mother? Of her love, one is always so sure! It is the only love that nothing - not even misconduct on our part - can take away from us.
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Young children are such nasty little beasts!
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Teaching, I find, is not the most amusing thing on earth; in fact, with a stupid lump for a Pupil, it is about the most irksome.
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The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.
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Use the noble gifts which God has given you!
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Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust.
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