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I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldwide philanthropy which begins at the outside of our horizon to converge into egotism.

— Anna Brownell Jameson

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As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections.

Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838)

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.

Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838)

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Memoirs and Essays (1846)

Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Memoirs and Essays (1846)

Piety in art—poetry in art—Puseyism in art—let us be careful how we confound them.

Memoirs and Essays (1846)

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