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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
Ann Radcliffe
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Ann Radcliffe
Age: 58 †
Born: 1764
Born: July 9
Died: 1823
Died: February 7
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Ann Ward
Anne Radcliffe
Anne Ward
Ann Ward Radcliffe
Ann Ward
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Ann Radcliffe
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Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.
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If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.
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And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them.
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What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one!
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He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther, and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters that hour, which, of all others, inspires the mind with pensive tenderness, and often elevates it to sublime contemplation.
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The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.
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How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
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Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.
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Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.
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The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!
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To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.
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How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!
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