James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. Mrs. Jameson
Duties are but coldly performed which are but philosophically fulfilled. 1 In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. 2 It is impossible completely to understand what we do not love. 3 Passions existed before principles; they came into the world with us. 4 Those who dwell in fear dwell next door to hate; and I think it is the cowardice of women that makes them such intense haters. 5 We can sometimes love what we do not understand, but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love. 6 What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realises itself. 7
