Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the...

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the...

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the...

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...

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

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.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

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...

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

Fate loves the fearless.

Fate loves the fearless.

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.