Top 15 George Crabbe Quotes

Time has touched me gently in his race,
And left no odious furrows in my face.

And took for truth the test of ridicule.

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.

He tried the luxury of doing good.

Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys,
Are never valued till they make a noise.

'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.

But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

Who calls a lawyer rogue, may find, too late
Upon one of these depends his whole estate.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.

In this fool's paradise he drank delight.

Habit with him was all the test of truth,
It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth.

The mind here exhibited is one untouched by pity, unstung by remorse, and uncorrected by shame; yet is this hardihood of temper and spirit broken by want, disease, solitude, and disappointment, and he becomes the victim of a distempered and horror-stricken fancy.

Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd;
Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd;
The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd,
And ease of heart her every look convey'd.