Inspirational Quotes by George MacDonald
“That we would do we should do when we would, for this 'would' changes and hath abatements and delays as many as there are tongues, are hands, are accidents. And then this “should” is like a spendthrift sigh That hurts by easing.”
“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are of a most select and generous chief in that.”
“Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel...”
“Ofelia, betänk din ära, hur den skadas om du lyssnar alltför naivt och villigt till hans locksång och skänker bort ditt hjärta eller öppnar jungfrulighetens skattegömma för prins Hamlets envist pockande begär. Var rädd om dig, Ofelia, var rädd!”
topics: chastity
“HAMLET: What did you enact? POLONIUS: I did enact Julius Caesar; I was kill'd i' the Capitol; Brutus killed me. HAMLET: It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf there.”
“Poor me, for seeing that, which was once and for seeing that, which is now!”
“«ارتابي في أن النجوم من نار … ارتابي في أن الشمس تدور. ارتابي في أن الحقيقةَ تلابِسُ أَحْيَانًا الكذب، ولكن لا ترتابي أَبَدَ الدهر في حبي. أنا لا أحسن التقييد بالشعرِ وأَعاريضه وتعدادِ أهجيته، ولكن ثقي بأنني أهواكِ هوى يملأ جوارحي، ثقي — ولك الله — بأنني أسير غرامك أيتها السيدة العزيزة ما دام هذا الجسم الفاني في تصرفه».”
“Честността ви би трябвало да се пази от много разговори с хубостта ви.”
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“Forgive me this my virtue; For in the fatness of these pursy times Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg- Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.”
“What is he whose grief Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow Conjures the wand'ring stars, and makes them stand Like wonder-wounded hearers? This is I, Hamlet the Dane.”
topics: grief
“For the head isn't more akin to the heart no less than the hand which serves the mouth.”
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George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.