“The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven.”
Jean Paul (1763–1825) German novelist
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 416.
Source: Mrs. Miracle
“The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven.”
Jean Paul (1763–1825) German novelist
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 416.
“They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.”
Clint Eastwood (1930) actor and director from the United States
“Marriages are arranged in heaven but the bills must be paid here on earth.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Friday
Source: Friday (1982), Chapter 6 (p. 49)
“Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Garrett Fort (1900–1945) screenwriter
Dracula's Daughter, telling Garth that she believes Von Helsing's story of vampires Unbeknownst to Garth, the Countess is a vampire.
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
“The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.”
Julian of Norwich (1342–1416) English theologian and anchoress
The Ninth Revelation, Chapter 22
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern (1891) edited by Tryon Edwards. p. 327.
1890s and attributed from posthumous publications
John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States
Letter to Thomas Jefferson (3 December 1813), published in Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0807842303&id=SzSWYPOz6M8C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=kTAZL3ImRq&dq=%22Adams-Jefferson+letters%22&sig=tVGzBe0XVhXaF2p0FQLGy4GK6bk#PRA2-PR17,M1 (UNC Press, 1988), p. 404 <br class="br">1810s
Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864) English poet and songwriter
"Philip and Mildred".
Legends and Lyrics: Second Series (1861)