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Jane Taylor
7 quotes
“Are we not children, all of us?”
Jane Taylor (1783–1824) said by 1824 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky!”
Jane Taylor (1783–1824) first seen 1804 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Star," from Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804).
“I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me in these Christian days, A happy English child.”
Jane Taylor (1783–1824) first seen 1810 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jane Taylor, "A Child's Hymn of Praise," from Hymns for Infant Minds (1810)
Also quoted by: Ann Taylor (poet) (misattributed)
“Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!”
Jane Taylor (1783–1824) first seen 1816 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prejudice", stanza 45, in Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners (London: Taylor and Hessey, 1816), p. 36.
“Far from mortal cares retreating, Sordid hopes and vain desires, Here, our willing footsteps meeting, Every heart to heaven aspires.”
Jane Taylor (1783–1824) said by 1824 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hymn, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Oh that it were my chief delight To do the things I ought! Then let me try with all my might To mind what I am taught.”
Jane Taylor (1783–1824) said by 1824 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For a Very Little Child, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Bartlett's notes this work to be written by Ann Taylor.
“I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy Christian child.”
Jane Taylor (1783–1824) said by 1824 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source