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Jesus Christ permitted a weak, and perhaps, repentant woman, to anoint His feet with the most precious perfumes, and repulsed those who advised that those perfumes should be reserved for a more profitable use. “Let her alone" said He, "for I am only with you for a short time."
— Apr 24, 2022 05:36AM
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To read was now impossible,music thrilled her to agony,& the charms of nature induced a reverie that redoubled her distress.Once so animated,now passed whole days in motionless silence.Her internal pangs were betrayed by a mortal paleness:her eyes were fixed upon her watch,though she knew not why should wish one hour to succeed another,since not one of them could bring her aught,save restless nights & despairing days
— Apr 25, 2022 03:06PM
MihaElla
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When genius is united with true feeling, our talents multiply our woes. We analyze, we make discoveries, and, the heart’s urn of tears being exhaustless, the more we think the more we feel it flow.
— Apr 25, 2022 02:33AM
MihaElla
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One woman, much more mental than the rest, said a few words to me which I can never forget: 'You give yourself a great deal of trouble to no purpose, my dear: you cannot change the nature of things: a little northern town, unconnected with the world, uncivilized by arts or letters, must remain what it is. If you are doomed to live here, submit cheerfully; but leave it if you can: these are your only alternatives.'
— Apr 24, 2022 02:35PM
MihaElla
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Seven years of experience have calmed me. I am more accustomed to myself. I know how to wait. I have, perchance, less confidence in the kindness of others, less eagerness for their applause: indeed, it is possible that there was then something strange about me! We have so much fire and imprudence in early youth, one faces life with such vivacity! Mind, however distinguished, cannot supply the work of time;
— Apr 24, 2022 02:28PM
MihaElla
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‘When man is capable of self-knowledge, he is rarely deceived as to his own fate; and presentiment is oft but judgment in disguise.’
‘For it does one more harm to love by halves than to love with all one’s heart.’
— Apr 24, 2022 09:41AM
‘For it does one more harm to love by halves than to love with all one’s heart.’
MihaElla
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“do good to mankind, that God may heal in your heart the wound of grief.”
— Apr 24, 2022 05:47AM
MihaElla
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The miserere,that is to say, have mercy on us, is a psalm, composed of verses,which are sung alternately in a very different manner.A celestial music is heard by turns,& the verse following, in recitative,is murmured in a dull & almost hoarse tone. One would say,that it is the reply of harsh & stern characters to sensitive hearts;that it is the reality of life which withers and repels the desires of generous souls.
— Apr 24, 2022 05:08AM
MihaElla
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Music is so fleeting a pleasure, that it glides away almost at the same time we feel it, in such a manner, that a melancholy impression is mingled with the gaiety which it excites; but when expressive of grief, it also gives birth to a sweet sentiment. The heart beats more quickly while listening to it,and the satisfaction caused by the regularity of the measure, by reminding us of the brevity of time,points out the
— Apr 24, 2022 02:34AM
MihaElla
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In conflicts of sentiment, who has not felt that kind of secret superstition which makes us take our own thoughts for presages, and our sufferings for a warning from heaven? Ah! how bitter is the struggle between passion and conscience, in susceptible minds!
— Apr 23, 2022 10:29PM
MihaElla
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“For God's sake do not leave me unless you wish to break my heart!"
These words, and the tone of voice in which they were uttered, deeply affected the soul of Oswald.
“Cruel woman! you see that I love you—you see that, twenty times a day, I am ready to offer you my hand and my heart; yet you will not inform me who you are! Tell me, Corinne, tell me the story of your past life.”
— Apr 23, 2022 11:25AM
These words, and the tone of voice in which they were uttered, deeply affected the soul of Oswald.
“Cruel woman! you see that I love you—you see that, twenty times a day, I am ready to offer you my hand and my heart; yet you will not inform me who you are! Tell me, Corinne, tell me the story of your past life.”
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“Alas! all that is good and sublime upon earth is only with us for a short time; age, infirmity, and death, would soon dry up that drop of dew which falls from heaven and only rests upon the flowers. Let us then, dear Oswald, confound everything,—love, religion, genius, the sun, the perfumes, music, and poetry: atheism only consists in coldness, egotism, and baseness. Jesus Christ has said: When two or three are gathered together in my name, I will be in the midst of them. And what is it O God! to be assembled in Thy name, if it be not to enjoy Thy sublime gifts, and to offer Thee our homage, to thank Thee for that existence which Thou hast given us; above all, to thank Thee, when a heart, also created by Thee is perfectly responsive to our own?”
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