One has so much
One has so much time for thought in the country! However occupied one may be, ’tis with nothing that engrosses the mind, which works away on its own account like a mill-wheel. Eugenie de Guerin
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One has so much time for thought in the country! However occupied one may be, ’tis with nothing that engrosses the mind, which works away on its own account like a mill-wheel. Eugenie de Guerin
The errors of the intellect are fatal, still more dangerous than those of the heart. Eugenie de Guerin
A little time separates us from those who depart – a time of tears, a time of sadness and solitude; but, that over, we go to rejoin them and to enjoy with them the society of the blessed. Oh, how sweetly the heart rests in this immortal hope! Eugenie de Guerin
The effect of every burden laid down is to leave us relieved; and when the soul has laid down that of its faults at the feet of God, it feels as though it had wings. Eugenie de Guerin
We are only here below as in an inn on a journey. Let us, then have the feelings of travelers. We should think a man very strange who attached himself much to his inn. The wise Christian will not do this. Eugenie de Guerin
My God, how badly one calculates in this world! … Let us leave off calculating on anything but death — it is the only certainty. Eugenie de Guerin