Jane Porter
Jane Porter
Jane Porterwas an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 January 1776
CountryIreland
confidence people failing
Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion.
coward looks valor
If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would find that there is no refuge so sure as dauntless valor.
summer war book
Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.
mother beloved-wife careers
In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother.
friendship heart vanity
We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts; an endearing contract of sympathy, mutual forbearance, and respect!
appreciation blessing possession
we never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them.
greatness judging criticism
none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.
dream war expectations
in his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles ...
evil wicked vices
Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous.
law voice may
Virtue is despotic; life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian of what it commands; and is the only sure defence of happiness.
eye men confusion
True virtue, when she errs, needs not the eyes of men to excite her blushes; she is confounded at her own presence, and covered with confusion of face.
gratitude generous-spirit benefits
A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them ...
hero angel temptation
It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?
beautiful heart mean
Any base heart can devise means of vileness, and affix the ugly shapings of its own fancy to the actions of those around him; but it requires loftiness of mind, and the heaven-born spirit of virtue, to imagine greatness where it is not, and to deck the sordid objects of nature in the beautiful robes of loveliness and light.