That rolls to its appointed end.

Quote by William Cullen Bryant

Topics: Ending Quotes

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

Love and cowardice are really the same thing.

Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away

Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away

The groves were God's first temples.

The groves were God's first temples.

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile...

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile...

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground, And...

The moon is at her full, and, riding high, Floods the calm fields with light....

The moon is at her full, and, riding high, Floods the calm fields with light....

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of...

Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of...

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it...

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still...

The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still...

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy...

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy...