Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.

Quote by Leigh Hunt

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If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject...

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject...

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church,...

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church,...

Stolen kisses are always sweetest

Stolen kisses are always sweetest

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the...

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the...

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities, the meeting of extremes around a corner

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities, the meeting of extremes around a corner

The well of true wit is truth itself

The well of true wit is truth itself

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.