The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

Quote by John Greenleaf Whittier

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You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who...

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who...

God gives quietness at last

God gives quietness at last

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

One brave deed makes no hero.

One brave deed makes no hero.

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...

Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you...

Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you...

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have...

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have...

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from...

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from...

God's colors all are fast.

God's colors all are fast.

One brave deed makes no hero.

One brave deed makes no hero.

The smile of God is victory.

The smile of God is victory.

God provides, but He needs a nudge.

God provides, but He needs a nudge.

If you want to see how grateful someone is, ask them to help you. Some...

If you want to see how grateful someone is, ask them to help you. Some...

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion....