01c. 1821 ADGod made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so tears enable sorrow to vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
03c. 1821 ADMere grimness is as easy as grinning; but it requires something to put a handsome face on a story. Narratives become of suspicious merit in proportion as they lean to Newgate-like offenses, particularly of blood and wounds...Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
04c. 1821 ADFail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
05c. 1821 ADWhen moral courage feels that it is in the right there is no personal daring of which it is incapable.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
07c. 1821 ADIt is a delicious moment certainly that of being well-nestled in bed and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is to come not past the limbs are tired enough to render the remaining in one posture delightful the labor of the day is gone.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
08c. 1821 ADWhatever evil befalls us we ought to ask ourselves ... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion from one bitter root to raise perhaps many flowers.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
11c. 1821 ADThe same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
12c. 1821 ADAbou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace And saw within the moonlight in his room Making it rich and like a lily in bloom An angel writing in a book of gold Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold And to the presence in the room he said - "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head And with a look made all of sweet accord Answered "The names of those who love the Lord."Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
15c. 1821 ADIf you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
17c. 1821 ADThere are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.Leigh Hunt / quote ↗
