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Jane Porter quotes: It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

Jane Porter quotes: Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.

Jane Porter quotes: We never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them.

We never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them.

Jane Porter quotes: ABOUT THE AUTHOR JANE PORTER

ABOUT THE AUTHOR JANE PORTER

Jane Porter quotes: That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

Jane Porter quotes: The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.

Jane Porter quotes: Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.

Jane Porter quotes: Compulsion hardly restores right; love yields all things.

Compulsion hardly restores right; love yields all things.

Jane Porter quotes: To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions.

To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions.

Jane Porter quotes: A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them ...

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them ...

Jane Porter quotes: Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Jane Porter quotes: In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles ...

In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles ...

Jane Porter quotes: Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

Jane Porter quotes: The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

Jane Porter quotes: Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous.

Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous.

Jane Porter quotes: The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies, because they hardly comprehend what motives can be inducements to the alleged crimes.

The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies, because they hardly comprehend what motives can be inducements to the alleged crimes.

Jane Porter quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.

Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.

Jane Porter quotes: Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

Jane Porter quotes: However you disguise slavery, it is slavery still. Its chains, though wreathed with roses, not only fasten on the body but rivet on the mind.

However you disguise slavery, it is slavery still. Its chains, though wreathed with roses, not only fasten on the body but rivet on the mind.

Jane Porter quotes: Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Jane Porter quotes: How different is the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity.

How different is the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity.

Jane Porter quotes: Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

Jane Porter quotes: All warfare that is not defensive is criminal.

All warfare that is not defensive is criminal.

Jane Porter quotes: There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Jane Porter quotes: Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.

Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.

Jane Porter quotes: National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

Jane Porter quotes: When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs.

When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs.

Jane Porter quotes: Love is full of imagination.

Love is full of imagination.

Jane Porter quotes: Makin, my friend, I thought you were just seeing her safely home.""I was.""What happened?""I couldn't let her go.

Makin, my friend, I thought you were just seeing her safely home."
"I was."
"What happened?"
"I couldn't let her go.