Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth19 October 1784
second-chance hands treasure
Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.
occupation busy enjoyment
Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment.
sake danger
Danger for danger's sake is senseless.
wonder ifs cease
No wonder is greater than any other wonder, and if once explained ceases to be a wonder.
dwelling perfect touching
Table talk, to be perfect, should be sincere without bigotry, differing without discord, sometimes grave, always agreeable, touching on deep points, dwelling most on seasonable ones, and letting everybody speak and be heard.
cheerful littles firsts
If you are melancholy for the first time, you will find, upon a little inquiry, that others have been melancholy many times, and yet are cheerful now.
sorrow tears despair
Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair.
humility pride forever
May exalting and humanizing thoughts forever accompany me, making me confident without pride, and modest without servility.
english-poet hearts imagination
There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.