Quotes by James Ellis

James Ellis

A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.

Brave

Men

Victory

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A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves that the mind is stored with sentential lore that can always be used to great advantage by its possessor.

Giving

Literature

Mind

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Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.

Accomplishment

Important

Practice

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An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

Long

Men

Paradise

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Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.

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Angel

Men

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Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

Faces

Mind

Ugly

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Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.

Book

Honey

Taken

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Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.

Government

Hands

Justice

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In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.

Majesty

Naked

Winter

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It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.

Family

Joy

Mind

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Quotes by James Ellis

James Ellis

A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.

A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves that the mind is stored with sentential lore that can always be used to great advantage by its possessor.

Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.

An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.

Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.

In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.

It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.

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