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"Never was a miser a brave soul."

"Never was a miser a brave soul."

George Herbert, British Poet

19

"Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man."

"Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Soul, Clouds, Existence, Flowers

19

"The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high."

"The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high."

J. William Fulbright, American Politician

19

"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later."

"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later."

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

Soul, Greatness, Adversity, Mind

19

"Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it."

"Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

Soul, People, Character, Play

19

"If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then?"

"If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then?"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Soul, Dream, Paradise, Man

19

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Soul, Purpose, Eye, May

19

"Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman."

"Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

19

"He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul."

"He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul."

David Lloyd George, Welsh Statesman

19

"Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries."

"Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

19

"As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge."

"As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

Soul, Habit, Living, Routine

19

"Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad."

"Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Soul, Deep, Nothing

19

"My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul."

"My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

18

"Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence."

"Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence."

Angela Carter, English Novelist

Soul, Anxiety, Beginning, Conscience

18

"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."

"To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

Soul, Actor, Nothing

18

"I have too great a soul to die like a criminal."

"I have too great a soul to die like a criminal."

John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal

18

"The face is the soul of the body."

"The face is the soul of the body."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

18

"A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul."

"A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul."

Minna Antrim, American Writer

Soul, Eye, Understanding, Woman

18

"I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul."

"I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

Soul, Eyes, Quotations, Windows

18

"Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain."

"Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain."

Robert Southey, English Poet

Soul, Effect, End, Evil

18

"I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound."

"I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound."

Jose Carreras, Spanish Musician

Soul, American, Sound

18

"The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind."

"The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind."

Vita Sackville-West, English Novelist

Soul, Growth, Mind, Writer

18

"It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place."

"It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

Soul, Hardware, Spirit

18

"Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much."

"Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

Soul, People, Mind

18

"Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone."

"Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Soul, Tea, Word

18

"Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit."

"Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit."

David Vitter, American Politician

Soul, Body, Future, Mind

18

"There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage."

"There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage."

Christian Slater, American Actor

Soul, End, London

18

"It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!"

"It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!"

Robert Bolt, British Playwright

Soul, Man, Nothing, World

18

"Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul."

"Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul."

Little Richard, American Musician

Soul, Greed, Universe

18

"For myself, Queer Eye feeds more to my heart and my soul than as a platform for a career."

"For myself, Queer Eye feeds more to my heart and my soul than as a platform for a career."

Kyan Douglas, American Celebrity

Soul, Heart, Career, Eye

18

"It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind."

"It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

Soul, Wealth, Mind

18

"The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys."

"The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

18

"The authentic self is the soul made visible."

"The authentic self is the soul made visible."

Sarah Ban Breathnach, American Author

18

"Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul."

"Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Soul, Expression, Grace, Harmony

18

"Even papists could not see that a moral evil was detained in the soul through its physical connection with the body; and that it required the dissolution of this physical connection before the moral contagion could be removed."

"Even papists could not see that a moral evil was detained in the soul through its physical connection with the body; and that it required the dissolution of this physical connection before the moral contagion could be removed."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

Soul, Body, Connection, Evil

18

"To possess taste, one must have some soul."

"To possess taste, one must have some soul."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

18

"Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles."

"Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles."

Alex Karras, American Athlete

18

"My soul is fine, thanks."

"My soul is fine, thanks."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

18

"Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half."

"Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half."

Francois Fenelon, French Clergyman

Soul, Friends, Melancholy

18

"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion."

"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

Soul, Compassion, Kindness, Man

18

"There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul."

"There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

Soul, Laws, Loyalty

18

"He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon."

"He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon."

John Milton, English Poet

Soul, Thoughts, Light, May

18

"The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator."

"The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator."

Mary Astell, English Writer

17

"The cynicism that you have is not your real soul."

"The cynicism that you have is not your real soul."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

17

"There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there."

"There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Soul, Marketing, Singing, Will

17

"I want to be a soul singer."

"I want to be a soul singer."

Solomon Burke, American Musician

17

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."

Judy Garland, American Actress

17

"There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved."

"There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved."

Chris Brasher, British Athlete

17

"Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean."

"Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean."

Geoffrey Chaucer, English Poet

Soul, Body, Will

17

"That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul."

"That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul."

Billy Crystal, American Comedian

17

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