David Mallet quotes

“Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.”
-- David Mallet

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“O grant me, Heaven, a middle state, Neither too humble nor too great; More than enough, for nature's ends, With something left to treat my friends.”
-- David Mallet

Source : Imitation of Horace.

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“A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it.”
-- David Mallet

#People Quotes #Inspire Quotes #Noble Quotes

“The wailing owl screams solitary to the mournful moon.”
-- David Mallet

Source : David Mallet (1759). “Miscellaneous poems”, p.79

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“I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.”
-- David Mallet

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“Uncertainty! fell demon of our fears! The human soul that can support despair, supports not thee.”
-- David Mallet

Source : David Mallet (1759). “Eurydice, a tragedy. Mustapha, a tragedy”, p.192

#Fear Quotes #Support Quotes #Soul Quotes

“True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike.”
-- David Mallet

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“What proves the hero truly great,Is never, never to despair.”
-- David Mallet

Source : David Mallet (1759). “The Works of David Mallet...: Alfred, a masque. The life of Francis Bacon”, p.20

#Hero Quotes #Despair Quotes #Prove Quotes

“A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?”

“Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.”

“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”

“Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?”

“One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.”

“To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.”

“It's sweet that I don't have to do my laundry.”

“The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.”

“A woman must be a cute, cuddly, naive little thing - tender, sweet, and stupid.”

“once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.”