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This quote is just one of 9 total Jane Porter quotes in our collection. Jane Porter is known for saying 'Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.' as well as some of the following quotes.
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.
Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.
Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.
Beauty of form affects the mind, but then it must be understood that it is not the mere shell that we admire; we are attracted by the idea that this shell is only a beautiful case adjusted to the shape and value of a still more beautiful pearl within. The perfection of outward loveliness is the soul shining through its crystalline covering.
This quote is just one of 9 total Jane Porter quotes in our collection. Jane Porter is known for saying 'Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.' as well as some of the following quotes.