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Top 25 James Ellis Quotes (2025 Update)

James Ellis Quote: “We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.”

1. “We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.”

2. “Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Newspapers are the world’s mirrors.”

3. “Newspapers are the world’s mirrors.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Literature is the garden of wisdom.”

4. “Literature is the garden of wisdom.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.”

5. “Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.”

6. “Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.”

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James Ellis Quote: “The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.”

7. “The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Regrets over the past should chasten the future.”

8. “Regrets over the past should chasten the future.”

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James Ellis Quote: “The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.”

9. “The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.”

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James Ellis Quote: “In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.”

10. “In winter we behold the charms of solemn majesty and naked grandeur.”

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James Ellis Quote: “The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.”

11. “The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.”

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James Ellis Quote: “There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.”

12. “There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.”

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James Ellis Quote: “To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.”

13. “To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.”

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James Ellis Quote: “True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to “gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the fool,” but in noble, generous acts of honest purpose, where truth, honor, and virtue, and a nation’s welfare, are dearer than life.”

14. “True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to “gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the fool,” but in noble, generous acts of honest purpose, where truth, honor, and virtue, and a nation’s welfare, are dearer than life.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.”

15. “Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.”

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James Ellis Quote: “A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.”

16. “A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.”

17. “Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.”

18. “Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.”

19. “Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Our leisure is the time the Devil seizes upon to make us work for him; and the only way we can avoid conscription into his ranks is to keep all our leisure moments profitably employed.”

20. “Our leisure is the time the Devil seizes upon to make us work for him; and the only way we can avoid conscription into his ranks is to keep all our leisure moments profitably employed.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.”

21. “Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.”

22. “Our own actions are the accidents of fortune that we sometimes place to the credit of luck or misfortune.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.”

23. “Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.”

— James Ellis

James Ellis Quote: “The mind paints before the brush.”

24. “The mind paints before the brush.”

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James Ellis Quote: “A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves that the mind is stored with sentential lore that can always be used to great advantage by its possessor.”

25. “A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves that the mind is stored with sentential lore that can always be used to great advantage by its possessor.”

— James Ellis

James Ellis Quote: “It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.”

26. “It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.”

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James Ellis Quote: “An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.”

27. “An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.”

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James Ellis Quote: “Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.”

28. “Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.”

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James Ellis Quote: “The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.”

29. “The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.”

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