 We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.  The Natural Speller and Word Book - Page 157de Lillian Kupfer - 1890 - 166 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 364 pages
...not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections but to regulate them. (Rule, and Remark i.) We live in deeds not years; in thoughts not breaths; in feelings not in figures on a dial. (Rule.) Novel-reading is generally calculated to weaken if not to debase the moral powers. (Rule, and... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...behind A voice that in the distance far away Wakens the slumbering ages. PHILLIP JAMES BAILEY. Festus. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 188 pages
...courage without prudence, and peacefulness without principle, are dangerous qualities. (Remark e.) We live in deeds not years ; in thoughts not breaths ; in feelings not in figures on a dial. Novel-reading is generally calculated to weaken if not to debase the moral powers. (Rule, and Remark... | |
 | Charles Manson Taggart - 1856 - 496 pages
...to-day. The lines of Festus, of which he was so fond, may be most appropriately applied to himself: — ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.'... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 pages
...! " Life Js more than breath and the quick round of blood ; 'T is a great spirit and a busy heart. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial." The memorial of goodness is everlasting. Whoever bears a working hand and a large love through the... | |
 | Ephraim Peabody - 1857 - 450 pages
...throbbing blood and flames in the whirl and tempest of the passions. And so the poet sings : — " We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; - In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1857 - 506 pages
...few lines, embodying my own sentiments, and in a form much more impressive than I can command : — "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinlci most, feels the noblest, acts the best."... | |
 | 1857 - 818 pages
...real, life is earnest," &c. Much more correctly, a poet not remarkable for a true philosophy says: ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pages
...Their words and deeds like the thunders go ; Can ye stifle their voices ? — They answer, c No ! ' " We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs : he most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best... | |
 | 1857 - 676 pages
...shall know when I get there ; meanwhile remember that what follows is a portion of my creed: — M We live in deeds, not years : in thoughts, not breaths : In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best... | |
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