“We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.Quote by William Ellery ChanningTopics: Quotes about William Ellery ChanningShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down,...#William Ellery Channing
The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own...#Freedom, #Human Rights
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...#Greed, #Lust, #Mankind
All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.#William Ellery Channing
