(159 quotes found)
“Innocence dwells with wisdom, but never with ignorance”
William Blake
“Was ever book containing such vile matterSo fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwellIn such a gorgeous palace!”
William Shakespeare
“Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwellThere God is dwelling too.”
“A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.”
Joseph Addison
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
Bible
“So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.”
Marian Wright Edelman
“Each violet peeps from its dwelling to gaze at the bright stars above”
Heinrich Heine
“If I were to think of and dwell on disastrous possibilities, I could do nothing. I throw myself headlong into my work, and come up again with my studies; if the storm within gets too loud, I take a glass too much to stun myself.”
Vincent van Gogh
“The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“And now the time returns again: / Our souls exult, and London's towers / Receive the Lamb of God to dwell / In England's green and pleasant bowers.”