Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. -Jane Porter

 

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.


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Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Jane Porter

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.

Jane Porter

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.

Jane Porter

This has hit the school really hard. We have three Katrina disasters here in our school.

Jane Porter

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.

Jane Porter