Mary Martha Sherwood quotes
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“it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things.”
-- Mary Martha SherwoodSource : Mary Martha Sherwood (1835). “The history of Henry Milner”, p.273
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“Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state...”
-- Mary Martha SherwoodSource : Mary Martha Sherwood (1837). “The history of Henry Milner”, p.21
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“all religions seem alike to me, one mass of absurdities and lies - I know that there is a God, but I know no more of him; and I believe that all those are liars who pretend to know more than I do.”
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“. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.”
-- Mary Martha SherwoodSource : Mary Martha Sherwood (1844). “The History of John Marten: A Sequel to The Life of Henry Milner”, p.180
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“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”
Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.”
Source : Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.201
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“It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.”
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