Anna Laetitia Barbauld Quotes

• “Is there not
  A tongue in every star that talks with man,
  And wooes him to be wise? nor wooes in vain;
  This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
  And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.”

  Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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• “The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.”

  Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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• “‎When one by one our ties are torn,
  And friend from friend is snatched forlorn;
  When man is left alone to mourn,
  Oh! then how sweet it is to die!”

  Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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• “1]The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.
  
  2]But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
  
  3]We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?”

  Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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