Jane Porter Quotes

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Happiness is not perfected till it is shared. - Jane Porter quote.
Happiness is not perfected till it is shared.
— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney, With Remarks by Miss Porter

happiness

None are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it. - Jane Porter quote.
None are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.
— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney, With Remarks by Miss Porter

greatness

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them. - Jane Porter quote.
A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them.
— Jane Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw

generosity

When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs. - Jane Porter quote.
When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs.
— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney, With Remarks by Miss Porter

pleasure

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp, without depriving ourselves of any flame. - Jane Porter quote.
Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp, without depriving ourselves of any flame.
— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney, With Remarks by Miss Porter

knowledge

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.  Happiness is not perfected till it is shared. - Jane Porter quote.
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.  Happiness is not perfected till it is shared.
— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney, With Remarks by Miss Porter

happiness