Author » Hunt, Leigh

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Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.

Night’s deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: The labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.

Books - Reading

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.