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AFFLICTION
AGE


1
The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.
Wm. HazlittTable Talk. On the Past and Future.


2

Who hath not saved some trifling thing
More prized than jewels rare,
A faded flower, a broken ring,
A tress of golden hair.

Ellen C. Howarth'Tis but a Little Faded Flower.


3

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted.
If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning
Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment;
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

LongfellowEvangeline. Pt. II. St. 1.


4

Affection is a coal that must be cool'd;
Else, suffer'd, it will set the heart on fire.

Venus and Adonis. L. 387.


5

Of such affection and unbroken faith
As temper life's worst bitterness.

ShelleyThe Cenci. Act III. Sc. 1.

AFFLICTION

(See also Adversity)

6
Afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate.
Book of Common Prayer. Prayer for all Conditions of Men.


7

Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinc'd
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction:
That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour,
Serves but to brighten all our future days!

John BrownBarbarossa. Act V. Sc. 3.


8

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

BurnsA Winter Night.


9

Damna minus consueta movent.
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.

ClaudianusIn Eutropium. II. 149.


10

Crede mihi, miseris ccelestia numina parcunt;
Nee semper Isesos, et sine fine, premunt.
Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and
do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.

OvidEpistolæ Ex Ponto. III. 6. 21.


11

Henceforth I'll bear
Affliction till it do cry out itself,
Enough, enough, and die.

King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 6. L. 75.


12

Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire; that mine own tears
Do scald like molten lead.

King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 7. L. 46.


13

Affliction is enamour'd of thy parts,
And thou art wedded to calamity.

Romeo and Juliet. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 2.


14

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

SoutheyMadoc in Wales. III. L. 176.


15
The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.
SpurgeonGleanings Among the Sheaves. Sorrow's Discipline.


16

Quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris.
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?

VergilÆneid. I. 460.


17

With silence only as their benediction,
God's angels come
Where in the shadow of a great affliction,
The soul sits dumb!

WhettierTo my Friend on the Death of his Sister.


18

Affliction is the good man's shining scene;
Prosperity conceals his brightest ray;
As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

YoungNight Thoughts. Night LX. L. 415.

AFTON RIVER


19

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.

BurnsFlow Gently, Sweet Afton.

AGE

(See also Antiquity)

20
It is always in season for old men to learn.
ÆschylusAge.


21

Weak withering age no rigid law forbids.
With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,
The sapless habit daily to bedew,
And give the hesitating wheels of life
Gliblier to play.

John ArmstrongArt of Preserving Health. Bk. II. L. 484.


22

What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes; but not this alone.

Matthew ArnoldGrowing Old.


23
On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very small for its age," said Gnathæna.
AthenæusDeipnosophists. XIII. 46.


24
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
BaconEssay XLII. Of Youth and Age.