Friday, January 2, 2009

The conscience of every man recognizes courage as the foundation of manliness, and manliness as the perfection of human character.
THOMAS HUGHES. 
 
This is certainly no longer a common sentiment.
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Courtship

Many Thoughts of Many Minds, a collection of quotations* usually has pretty sober, old-fashioned (but very good) quotes in a given category. The selection of quotes on Courtship was no different with the exception of these two:

“Rejected lovers need never despair! There are four-and-twenty hours in a day, and not a moment in the twenty-four in which a woman may not change her mind.” —DE FINOD

“Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.” —STERNE

*Available for free in a 1, 2, or 4 per day email or RSS format. Both this book and the DailyLit service are highly recommended.

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