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Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven Picture Quote #1

The laurels of an orator who is not a master of literary art wither quickly Picture Quote #1

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born Picture Quote #1

Civilization is the lamb’s skin in which barbarism masquerades Picture Quote #1

With the tears a Land hath shed their graves should ever be green Picture Quote #1

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 it's own wings Picture Quote #1

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What is slang in one age sometimes goes into the vocabulary of the purist in the next Picture Quote #1

So precious life is! Even to the old, the hours are as a miser’s coins! Picture Quote #1

Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said Picture Quote #1

The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have been blighted in the gloom of poverty the world will never know Picture Quote #1

Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice Picture Quote #1

Between the reputation of the author living and the reputation of the same author dead there is ever a wide discrepancy Picture Quote #1

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The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he would willingly have anyone electrocuted who disagreed with him on the subject Picture Quote #1

The ring of a false coin is not more recognizable than that of a rhyme setting forth a false sorrow Picture Quote #1

The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among men. Among women it is as common as eyebrows Picture Quote #1

It were better to be a soldier’s widow than a coward’s wife Picture Quote #1

The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing how extremely dangerous it is Picture Quote #1

The thing one reads and likes, and then forgets, is of no account. The thing that stays, and haunts one, and refuses to be forgotten, that is the sincere thing Picture Quote #1

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Great thoughts in crude, unshapely verse set forth lose half their preciousness, and ever must, unless the diamond with its own rich dust be cut and polished, it seems little worth Picture Quote #1

The young girl in my story is to be as sensitive to praise as a prism is to light. Whenever anybody praises her she breaks into colors Picture Quote #1

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can’t find a parent who will admit that it is his child Picture Quote #1

My father invested his money so securely in the banking business that he was never able to get any of it out again Picture Quote #1

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They fail, and they alone, who have not striven (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The laurels of an orator who is not a master of literary art wither quickly (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) Civilization is the lamb’s skin in which barbarism masquerades (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) With the tears a Land hath shed their graves should ever be green (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) 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 it's own wings (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) What is slang in one age sometimes goes into the vocabulary of the purist in the next (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) So precious life is! Even to the old, the hours are as a miser’s coins! (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have been blighted in the gloom of poverty the world will never know (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) Between the reputation of the author living and the reputation of the same author dead there is ever a wide discrepancy (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for murder, but he would willingly have anyone electrocuted who disagreed with him on the subject (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The ring of a false coin is not more recognizable than that of a rhyme setting forth a false sorrow (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among men. Among women it is as common as eyebrows (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) It were better to be a soldier’s widow than a coward’s wife (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing how extremely dangerous it is (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The thing one reads and likes, and then forgets, is of no account. The thing that stays, and haunts one, and refuses to be forgotten, that is the sincere thing (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) Great thoughts in crude, unshapely verse set forth lose half their preciousness, and ever must, unless the diamond with its own rich dust be cut and polished, it seems little worth (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) The young girl in my story is to be as sensitive to praise as a prism is to light. Whenever anybody praises her she breaks into colors (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can’t find a parent who will admit that it is his child (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes) My father invested his money so securely in the banking business that he was never able to get any of it out again (Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes)

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