“Life seems so vulgar, so easily content with the commonplace things of every day, and yet it always nurses and cherishes certain higher claims in secret, and looks about for the means of satisfying them.” LifeLooksMeanSeemsCertainSecretHigherClaimsCherishSatisfyingNurseVulgarCommonplace Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections
“it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.” SecretAdvantageExcellenceEnvyAdmirationCherishIndulgePersonal Happiness Author:Elizabeth Montagu
“Our secret thoughts - do they ever show up? The small flame of our soul can be burning hot, but no one comes to its warmth. Passersby see only a small whiff going through the chimney. Don't we need to take care of that flame, cherish it and patiently wait until someone will come and sit at it, do we?” NeedsSoulShowsCareWaitingSecretHotTake CareBurningFlamesCherishWarmthChimneysSecret Thoughts Author:Irving Stone