I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.

Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to...

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to...

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

The ocean moans over dead men's bones.

The ocean moans over dead men's bones.

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't...

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't...

What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness.

What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness.

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since...

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since...

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and...

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of...

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of...