Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton quotes
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“Grand Thoughts that never can be wearied out, Showing the unreality of Time.”
-- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron HoughtonSource : Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) (1838). “The poems of Richard Monckton Milnes”, p.131
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“My exit is the result of too many entrees.”
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“They who have steeped their soul in prayer can every anguish calmly bear.”
-- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron HoughtonSource : "The Sayings of Rabia" by Richard Monckton Milnes, iv,
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“I wandered by the brook-side, I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still.”
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“Love will always be the most powerful force.”
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“It's not the lack of ability or opportunity that holds you back; it is only a lack of confidence in yourself.”
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“Can every anguish calmly bear.”
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“Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares.”
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“The beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard.”
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“But on and up, where Nature's heart Beats strong amid the hills.”
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“The virtue lies in the struggle, not the prize.”
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“He who for love hath undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousandfold than one Who never loved at all.”
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“A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.”
-- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron HoughtonSource : Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) (1838). “The poems of Richard Monckton Milnes”, p.100
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