One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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

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

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave

Communism means barbarism

Communism means barbarism

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...

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

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.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

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...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

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...

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

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 by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man...

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

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...