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The difference between a commonly well-behaved woman and a high-bred lady consists in very small things—but what a difference it is!
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Nothingness is capacity, and night the opportunity of light.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
None thrives for long upon the happiest dream.
The Unknown Eros (1877)
God is the only reality, and we are real only so far as we are in His order, and He is in us.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
The moods of love are like the wind,
And none know whence or why they rise.
The Angel in the House (1854)
Grant me the power of saying things
Too simple and too sweet for words!
The Angel in the House (1854)
The Catholic Church itself has been nearly killed by the infection of the puritanism of the Reformation.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
To have nought
Is to have all things without care or thought!
The Unknown Eros (1877)
The cloud that is light to Israel is darkness to Egypt.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
Good people and religious are the first to say, "He hath a devil" of any one whose way is widely different from and maybe greatly higher than their own.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
The ardour chills us which we do not share.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Ther are not two sides to any question that really concerns a man, but only one, and this side only a fool can fail to see if he tries.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
The dull and heavy hate of fools.
Memoirs and Correspondence (1900)
Strong passions mean weak will, and he
Who truly knows the strength and bliss
Which are in love, will own with me
No passion but a virtue 'tis.
The Angel in the House (1854)
Love wakes men, once a lifetime each;
They lift their heavy lids, and look;
And, lo, what one sweet page can teach,
They read with joy, then shut the book.
The Angel in the House (1854)
Kind souls, you wonder why, love you,
When you, you wonder why, love none.
We love, Fool, for the good we do,
Not that which unto us is done!
The Angel in the House (1854)
The impurity of ignorance is in none so manifest as in the devout; for they act on their ignorance, and fill themselves and others with miserable scruples and hard thoughts of God, and are as apt to call good evil as other men are to call evil good.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Some dish more sharply spiced than this
Milk-soup men call domestic bliss.
The beauty in her lover's eyes
Was admiration of her own.
The Angel in the House (1854)