Quote by Jane Porter
Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms wi

Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. – Jane Porter

Other quotes by Jane Porter

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. – Jane Porter

Category:
Wisdom
Read Quote

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other mens candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. – Jane Porter

Category:
Knowledge
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Happiness
category

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. – Khalil Gibran

Category:
Happiness

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. – Victor Hugo

Category:
Happiness

It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there. – Elsie de Wolfe

Category:
Happiness

The right to happiness is fundamental. – Anna Pavlova

Category:
Happiness

Random Quotes

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. – Greg Anderson

Category:
Goals

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Category:
Experience

I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together. – Jarvis Cocker

Category:
Hope

Im the one that has to die when its time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to. – Jimi Hendrix

Category:
Life