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16 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.
Heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene; Resumes them, to prepare us for the next.— filed under Affliction
Too low they build who build beneath the stars.— filed under Earth
If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.— filed under Envy
And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?— filed under Eternity
He weeps! the falling drop puts out the sun; He sighs! the sigh earth's deep foundation shakes. If in His love so terrible, what then His wrath inflamed?— filed under God's Love
Dark lattice! letting in eternal day !— filed under Grave
Beware what earth calls happiness; beware All joys, but joys that never can expire.— filed under Happiness
Time flies, death urges, knells call, heaven invites, hell threatens !— filed under Impenitent
What ardently we wish, we soon believe.— filed under Infidelity
How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart!— filed under Knowledge
Much learning shows how little mortals know; Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.— filed under Knowledge
Joy is love exulting; peace is love in repose; long-suffering is love on trial; gentleness is love in society; goodness is love in action; faith is love on the battle-field; meekness is love at school; and temperance is love in training. Humble love, And not proud reason, keeps the door of heaven ; Love finds admission, where proud science fails.— filed under Love
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man ! -— filed under Man
Patience and resignation are the pillars Of human peace on earth.— filed under Peace
We rise in glory as we sink in pride.— filed under Pride
Time wasted is existence, used is life.— filed under Time