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Jane Welsh Carlyle
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Scottish Writer
Born: Jan 14, 1801
Died: Apr 21, 1866
God Husband Me Mother Myself Time
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Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Time Mother Only Loss
Does not a man physically tremble under the mere look of a wild beast or fellow-man that is stronger than himself? Does not a woman redden all over when she feels her lover's eyes on her? How then should one doubt the mysterious power of one individual over another? Jane Welsh Carlyle
Man Woman Eyes Stronger Beast Power Lover Doubt Tremble Wild Wild Beast Physically Mysterious Individual Mere Over Feels Look She Himself Another Does How Than Then Should Her
Teaching, I find, is not the most amusing thing on earth; in fact, with a stupid lump for a Pupil, it is about the most irksome. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Stupid Earth Pupil Find About Fact Most In Fact Teaching Lump Thing Amusing
The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Life Hope Way Be Prepared Exclusion Without Surest Surest Way Doing Get Even Prepared Thing
I rely on the promise, 'God is kind to women, fools, and drunk people.' Jane Welsh Carlyle
God Women People Fools Drunk Kind Promise Rely
One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Time Bitterness Down Could Never Feels Them Less
The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Myself Me Brought Habits Allow Never Support Study Been Up Done Which Much Moment
Who knows but I shall grow reasonable at last, descend from my ideal heaven to the real earth, marry, and - Oh Plato! - make a pudding? Jane Welsh Carlyle
Earth Marry Shall Ideal Make Knows Real Heaven Oh Reasonable Descend Who Grow Plato Pudding Last
There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Good Nothing Pain Bit Out Taking Conceit Like
They call me 'sweet,' and 'gentle'; and some of the men go the length of calling me 'endearing,' and I laugh in my sleeve and think, 'Oh, Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!' Jane Welsh Carlyle
Beautiful Me You Men Sweet Think Sleeve Laugh Some Knew Call Calling Gentle Lord Am Go Endearing Behind Oh Length Creature
Young children are such nasty little beasts! Jane Welsh Carlyle
Young Beasts Nasty Children Young Children Little
The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Fools Honours Only Glittering Children Titles
I wonder that among all the evils deprecated in the Liturgy, no one thought of inserting flitting. Is there any worse thing? Oh no, no! Jane Welsh Carlyle
Thought Worse Evils No-One Wonder Any Oh Liturgy Flitting Among Thing
How many precious things do we not already possess which others have not - have hardly an idea of! Let us enjoy these, then, and bless God that we are permitted to enjoy them, rather than importune His goodness with vain longings for more. Jane Welsh Carlyle
God Goodness Enjoy Vain Others Possess Rather More Idea Bless How Permitted His Than Precious Precious Things Which Them Then Us Many Let Us Hardly Things
There is never much to be feared for anyone that is born with sense and truth in him, whatever else he may have or want. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Truth Whatever Sense Else Born Feared Never He Him May Want Anyone Much
Homeopathy - an invention of the Father of Lies! I have tried it and found it wanting. I would swallow their whole doles' medicine chest for sixpence, and be sure of finding myself neither better nor worse for it. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Myself Better Father Invention Medicine Worse Neither Would Tried Finding Lies Sure Chest Nor Wanting Swallow Whole Found
It is odd what notions men seem to have of the scantiness of a woman's resources. They do not find it anything out of nature that they should be able to exist by themselves; but a woman must always be borne about on somebody's shoulders, and dandled or chirped to, or it is supposed she will fall into the blackest melancholy! Jane Welsh Carlyle
Nature Woman Will Men Somebody Fall Resources Melancholy Out Must Find Able Borne Blackest About Seem Supposed She Always Odd Exist Anything Themselves Should Shoulders Notions

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