Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as his sweetheart,- yet it would not be wise to hold everyone an enemy who could not see her with our own enchanted…

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope,...

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope,...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

But everything that may some day be possible to many the solitary man can now...

But everything that may some day be possible to many the solitary man can now...