Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous blown; Except for winds, provincial; Except by butterflies, Unnoticed as a single dew That on the acre lies

Quote by Howard Mumford Jones

Topics: Angels Quotes, Being A Woman Quotes, Lies Quotes

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all...

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all...

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and...

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and...

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or...

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in...

The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I've honestly not been too aware of my age until I went to the doctor...

I've honestly not been too aware of my age until I went to the doctor...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of...

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of...

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears.

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears.

She needs open-heart surgery, and they should go in through her feet.

She needs open-heart surgery, and they should go in through her feet.