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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quotes about happy

English Author August 30, 1797 – February 1, 1851

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She was no longer that happy creature who in earlier youth wandered with me on the banks of the lake and talked with ecstasy of our future prospects. The first of those sorrows which are sent to wean us from the earth had visited her, and its dimming influence quenched her dearest smiles. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
...if I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, I shall need no other happiness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Alas! I regret that I am taken from you; and, happy and beloved as I have been, is it not hard to quit you all? But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavor to resign myself cheerfully to death, and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me..."
When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a creator toward his creature were, and that i ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me..."
I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "Perfect happiness is an attribute of angels; and those who..."
Perfect happiness is an attribute of angels; and those who have it, appear angelic Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure..."
When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness? Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "Live, and be happy, and make others so."
Live, and be happy, and make others so. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "Make me happy, and I will again be virtuous."
Make me happy, and I will again be virtuous. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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