John Hookham Frere quotes

“A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship.”
-- John Hookham Frere

Source : John Hookham Frere, sir Henry Bartle E. Frere (1st bart.) (1872). “The works of John Hookham Frere, collected with a mem. by W.E. and sir B. Frere”, p.114

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“And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.”
-- John Hookham Frere

Source : "The Monks and the Giants".

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“The language of translation ought never to attract attention to itself.”
-- John Hookham Frere

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“A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship.”

Source : John Hookham Frere, sir Henry Bartle E. Frere (1st bart.) (1872). “The works of John Hookham Frere, collected with a mem. by W.E. and sir B. Frere”, p.114

“Friendship is also a vital and wonderful part of courtship and marriage. A relationship between a man and a woman that begins with friendship and then ripens into romance and eventually marriage will usually become an enduring, eternal friendship.”

“in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.”

“It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.”

“She stood lost in eternity... watching the immense sky...”

“Ricardo Pinto's The Chosen strikes the reader with great force.”

“Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed.”

“A strike is an incipient revolution. Many large revolutions have grown out of a small strike.”

“Don't be afraid to stumble. Any inventor will tell you that you don't follow a plan far before you strike a snag. If, out of 100 ideas you get one that works, it's enough.”

“To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.”