Donald Grant Mitchell Professions : Essayist Born : April 12, 1822 Died : December 15, 1908 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Donald Grant Mitchell Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose - easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters. Donald Grant Mitchell flirting rose water But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. Donald Grant Mitchell wealth anxiety mean Hard, withering toil only can achieve a name; and long days and months and years must be passed in the chase of that bubble, reputation, which, when once grasped, breaks in your eager clutch into a hundred lesser bubbles, that soar above you still. Donald Grant Mitchell ambition names years The Spaniards have a saying that there is no man whom Fortune does not visit at least once in his life. Donald Grant Mitchell fortune doe men Similar Authors Arland Ussher essayist Amy Levy essayist Alain Finkielkraut essayist Ahad Ha'am essayist Agnes Repplier essayist Ilan Stavans essayist All Authors
