All Quotes by Anne Bradstreet
“If for thy Father askt, say, thou hadst none;Which caus'd her thus to send thee out of door.”
“What to my Saviour shall I giveAnd Loue him to Eternity”
“"Sister," quoth Flesh, "what liv'st thou onNothing but Meditation?”
“Such cold mean flowers the spring puts forth betime,Before the sun hath thoroughly heat the clime.”
“Leave not thy nest, thy dam and sire,Fly back and sing amidst this choir.”
“If ever two were one, then surely we.Compare with me ye women if you can.”
“The principal might yield a greater sum,Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crumb;”
“Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.”
“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
“Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.”
“I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who says my hand a needle better fits./ A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong/ For such despite they cast on female wits;/ If what I do prove well, it won't advance,/ They'll say it's stolen, or else, it was by chance.”
“Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.”
“If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.”
“The Author To Her Book”
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."”