Mrs. Anna Brownell Jameson Quotes
Work in some form or other is the appointed lot of all.
What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for the moment realizes itself.
Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man.
What we truly and earnestly aspire to be; that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration; by changing their frame of mind; for the moment realizes itself.
Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself
Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.
It is not poverty so much as pretence that harasses a ruined man--the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse--the keeping up a hollow show that must soon come to an end. Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting.
Chill penury weighs down the heart itself; and though it sometimes be endured with calmness, it is but the calmness of despair.
He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.