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George Crabbe quotes: That all men would be cowards if they dare,Some men we know have courage to declare. That all men would be cowards if they dare,
Some men we know have courage to declare.
George Crabbe quotes: To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent. To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.
George Crabbe quotes: There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions. There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions.
George Crabbe quotes: Dreams are like portraits; and we find they please because they are confessed resemblances. Dreams are like portraits; and we find they please because they are confessed resemblances.
George Crabbe quotes: And took for truth the test of ridicule. And took for truth the test of ridicule.
George Crabbe quotes: I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not. I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.
George Crabbe quotes: Arrogance is the act of the great; presumption that of the little. Arrogance is the act of the great; presumption that of the little.
George Crabbe quotes: Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules. Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules.
George Crabbe quotes: Life is not measured by the time we live. Life is not measured by the time we live.
George Crabbe quotes: Virtues neglected then, adored become, And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb. Virtues neglected then, adored become, And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb.
George Crabbe quotes: Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too lateUpon one of these depends his whole estate. Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too lateUpon one of these depends his whole estate.
George Crabbe quotes: Let's learn to live, for we must die alone. Let's learn to live, for we must die alone.
George Crabbe quotes: Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth. Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.
George Crabbe quotes: Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart. Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.
George Crabbe quotes: Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise. Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.
George Crabbe quotes: Life's bloomy flush was lost. Life's bloomy flush was lost.
George Crabbe quotes: Ability comprehends the power of doing in general, without specifying the quality or degree. Ability comprehends the power of doing in general, without specifying the quality or degree.
George Crabbe quotes: We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within. We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.
George Crabbe quotes: I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms, For him that gazes or for him that farms. I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms, For him that gazes or for him that farms.
George Crabbe quotes: He tried the luxury of doing good. He tried the luxury of doing good.
George Crabbe quotes: What is a church?-Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. What is a church?-Our honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.
George Crabbe quotes: Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved. Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.
George Crabbe quotes: A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook. A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.
George Crabbe quotes: Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain. Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.
George Crabbe quotes: Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed? Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?
Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,
By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed?
George Crabbe quotes: Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy. Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy.
George Crabbe quotes: Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mindMore just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind. Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind
More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind.
George Crabbe quotes: 'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good. 'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.
George Crabbe quotes: Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations. Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
George Crabbe quotes: The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies. The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.
George Crabbe quotes: In this wild world the fondest and the bestAre the most tried, most troubled and distress'd. In this wild world the fondest and the best
Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.
George Crabbe quotes: Against her foes Religion well defends Her sacred truths, but often fears her friends. Against her foes Religion well defends Her sacred truths, but often fears her friends.
George Crabbe quotes: Who often reads, will sometimes wish to write. Who often reads, will sometimes wish to write.
George Crabbe quotes: Feed the musician, and he's out of tune. Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.
George Crabbe quotes: But monument themselves memorials need. But monument themselves memorials need.
George Crabbe quotes: Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long. Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long.
George Crabbe quotes: An infatuated man is not only foolish, but wild. An infatuated man is not only foolish, but wild.
George Crabbe quotes: The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak. The wife was pretty, trifling, childish, weak; She could not think, but would not cease to speak.
George Crabbe quotes: Good is done by degrees. Good is done by degrees.
George Crabbe quotes: Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.
George Crabbe quotes: The game is never lost till won. The game is never lost till won.
George Crabbe quotes: "Lawyers Are": By law's dark by-ways he has stored his mind with wicked knowledge on how to cheat mankind. "Lawyers Are": By law's dark by-ways he has stored his mind with wicked knowledge on how to cheat mankind.
George Crabbe quotes: Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food. Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.
George Crabbe quotes: Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence. Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.
George Crabbe quotes: Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality. Hence, in these times, untouch'd the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality.
George Crabbe quotes: Fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin. Fears of sinning let in thoughts of sin.
George Crabbe quotes: Ease leads to habit, as success to ease.He lives by rule who lives himself to please. Ease leads to habit, as success to ease.
He lives by rule who lives himself to please.
George Crabbe quotes: Learning is better worth than houses or land. Learning is better worth than houses or land.
George Crabbe quotes: In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide. In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.
George Crabbe quotes: See Time has touched me gently in his race,And left no odious furrows in my face. See Time has touched me gently in his race,
And left no odious furrows in my face.
George Crabbe quotes: Experience finds few of the scenes that lively hope designs. Experience finds few of the scenes that lively hope designs.
George Crabbe quotes: A master passion is the love of news. A master passion is the love of news.
George Crabbe quotes: With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead. With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead.

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