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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have...

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show...

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have.

Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have.

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them...

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...

Literature is the immortality of speech

Literature is the immortality of speech