Dorothy Osborne quotes

“surfeits kill more than fasting does ...”
-- Dorothy Osborne

Source : Dorothy Osborne (1914). “The letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple”

#Fasting Quotes #Doe Quotes #Eating Quotes

“I do not know that ever I desired anything earnestly in my life but 'twas denied me, and I am many times afraid to wish a thing merely lest my fortune should take that occasion to use me ill.”
-- Dorothy Osborne

Source : Dorothy Osborne, Edward Abbott Parry (2014). “Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54”, p.49, Cambridge University Press

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“I find so many things to fear and so few to hope ...”
-- Dorothy Osborne

Source : Dorothy Osborne, Edward Abbott Parry (2014). “Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54”, p.279, Cambridge University Press

#Fear Quotes

“Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like a gentleman I knew, who would never say 'the weather grew cold,' but that 'winter begins to salute us.' I have no patience for such coxcombs ...”
-- Dorothy Osborne

#Winter Quotes #Weather Quotes #People Quotes

“Will the kindness of this letter excuse the shortness of it?”
-- Dorothy Osborne

Source : Dorothy Osborne, Edward Abbott Parry (2014). “Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54”, p.165, Cambridge University Press

#Kindness Quotes #Letters Quotes #Excuse Quotes

“To marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly one can be brought for an example that it may be done and not repented afterwards ...”
-- Dorothy Osborne

Source : Dorothy Osborne (1903). “The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple”

#Marriage Quotes #Couple Quotes #Example Quotes

“What an age do we live in, when 'tis a miracle if in ten couples that are married, two of them live so as not to publish to the world that they cannot agree.”
-- Dorothy Osborne

Source : Dorothy Osborne, Edward Abbott Parry (2014). “Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54”, p.184, Cambridge University Press

#Marriage Quotes #Couple Quotes #Two Quotes

“All letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse, not studied, as an oration, nor made up of hard words like a charm ...”
-- Dorothy Osborne

Source : Letter to Sir William Temple, October 1653

#Letters Quotes #Easy Quotes #Charm Quotes

“But 'tis a sad thing that all one's happiness is only that the world does not know you are miserable.”
-- Dorothy Osborne

#Doe Quotes #World Quotes #Miserable Quotes

“He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world.”

“If you're having a difficult time making the best decision then consider fasting. Fasting is simply taking something you regularly do and replacing it with praying and seeking God. For example instead of eating a meal you can take that time to seek God and allow Him to speak to you about the decision.”

“If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do.”

“The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer.”

“History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines.”

“I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“She who means no mischief does it all.”

Source : Aaron Hill, Urania Hill Johnson (1754). “Poems”, p.135

“To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.”

“I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.”

“I wish I wasn't eating Cheetos every night. Those are my favorite - I'm addicted to them!”