Donald Grant Mitchell quotes

“Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose - easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters.”
-- Donald Grant Mitchell

Source : Donald Grant Mitchell (1852). “Reveries of a bachelor: or, A book of the heart, by Ik. Marvel”, p.78

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“But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.”
-- Donald Grant Mitchell

Source : Donald Grant Mitchell (1851). “Reveries of a Bachelor: Or A Book of the Heart”, p.135

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“Hard, withering toil only can achieve a name; and long days and months and years must be passed in the chase of that bubble, reputation, which, when once grasped, breaks in your eager clutch into a hundred lesser bubbles, that soar above you still.”
-- Donald Grant Mitchell

Source : Donald Grant Mitchell (1851). “Reveries of a Bachelor: Or A Book of the Heart”, p.127

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“The Spaniards have a saying that there is no man whom Fortune does not visit at least once in his life.”
-- Donald Grant Mitchell

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“What are you two doing flirting with this nerd? I told you, you are supposed to be in charge of the 50 dancing girls I had set up for Miz's celebration.”

“Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and what did you want with him anyway?" "If you are so determined to bore me, I may just have to go home." Astrid sighed carelessly, "What a shame, when I am wearing such a pretty dress.”

“I've started to look at life differently. When you're thanking God for every little you - every meal, every time you wake up, every time you take a sip of water - you can't help but be more thankful for life itself, for the unlikely and miraculous fact that you exist at all.”

Source : A J Jacobs (2012). “The Year of Living Biblically”, p.165, Random House

“When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine, See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd, The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.”

“Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.”

“With its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.”

“Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.”

“If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.”

“Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid amber drop from every thorn.”

“It would be a miracle, for example, if I dropped a stone and it rose upwards. But is it no miracle that it falls to the ground?”