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George Crabbe
22 quotes
“Where Plenty smiles - alas! she smiles for few, And those who taste not, yet behold her store, Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore, The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1783 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Village, Book 1, line 136 (1783).
“The murmuring poor, who will not fast in peace.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1785 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Newspaper (1785), line 158.
“A master passion is the love of news.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1785 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Newspaper (1785), line 279.
“Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1807 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Parish Register (1807), Part 1: "Baptisms", line 273.
“Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1807 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Parish Register (1807), Part i, "Introduction". Compare "How commentators each dark passage shun, / And hold their farthing candle to the sun", Edward Young, Love of Fame, Satire vii, Line 97.
“Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look convey'd.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1807 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Parish Register (1807), Part ii, "Marriages".
“The mind here exhibited is one untouched by pity, unstung by remorse, and uncorrected by shame; yet is this hardihood of temper and spirit broken by want, disease, solitude, and disappointment, and he becomes the victim of a distempered and horror-stricken fancy.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1810 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Borough (1810), "Preface
“Habit with him was all the test of truth, It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1810 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Borough (1810), Letter iii, "The Vicar", line 138.
“In this fool's paradise he drank delight.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1810 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Borough (1810), Letter xii, "Players".
“Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1810 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Borough (1810), Letter xxiv, "Schools".
“In idle wishes fools supinely stay; Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Birth of Flattery, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too late Upon one of these depends his whole estate.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cut and come again.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys, Are never valued till they make a noise.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) first seen 1819 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Maid's Story", line 84 (1819).
“He tried the luxury of doing good.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And took for truth the test of ridicule.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But 't was a maxim he had often tried, That right was right, and there he would abide.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) said by 1832 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source