A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Frivolity: Quotations from Burning Words

riendship is a cadence of divine melody melting through the heart.— MILDWAY
Character is so largely affected by associations that we cannot afford to be indifferent as to who and what our friends are. They write their names in our albums, but they do more, they help make us what we are. Be therefore careful in selecting them; and when wisely selected, never sacrifice them.— M. HULBURD
Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, takes from attention its strength, from thought its originality, from feeling its earnestness.— MADAME DE STAËL
Alas! that Christians should stand at the door of eternity having more work upon their hands than their time is sufficient for, and yet be filling their heads and hearts with trifles.— JOHN FLAVEL
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