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Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes

Only yonder magnificent pine-tree... holds her unchanging beauty throughout the year, like her half-brother, the ocean, whose voice she shares; and only marks the flowing of her annual tide of life by the new verdure that yearly submerges all trace of last year’s ebb Picture Quote #1

An easy thing, O Power Divine, To thank thee for these gifts of Thine, For summer’s sunshine, winter’s snow, For hearts that kindle thoughts that glow Picture Quote #1

Lavish thousands of dollars on your baby clothes, and after all the child is prettiest when every garment is laid aside. That becoming nakedness, at least, may adorn the chubby darling of the poorest home Picture Quote #1

Fields are won by those who believe in the winning Picture Quote #1

What instruction the baby brings to the mother! Picture Quote #1

Life is as inexorable as the sea Picture Quote #1

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Noble discontent is the path to heaven Picture Quote #1

That genius is feeble which cannot hold its own before the masterpieces of the world Picture Quote #1

Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it Picture Quote #1

To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country Picture Quote #1

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes Picture Quote #1

In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed Picture Quote #1

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The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable Picture Quote #1

After all, when a thought takes one’s breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence Picture Quote #1

How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year! Picture Quote #1

The bee himself did not evade the schoolboy more than she evaded me, and even at this day I still stand somewhat bewildered, like the boy Picture Quote #1

Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home Picture Quote #1

Character shows itself apart from genius as a special thing. The first point of measurement of any man is that of quality Picture Quote #1

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How much that the world calls selfishness is only generosity with narrow walls, a too exclusive solicitude to maintain a wife in luxury, or make one’s children rich Picture Quote #1

Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it Picture Quote #1

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds Picture Quote #1

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor Picture Quote #1

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Only yonder magnificent pine-tree... holds her unchanging beauty throughout the year, like her half-brother, the ocean, whose voice she shares; and only marks the flowing of her annual tide of life by the new verdure that yearly submerges all trace of last year’s ebb (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) An easy thing, O Power Divine, To thank thee for these gifts of Thine, For summer’s sunshine, winter’s snow, For hearts that kindle thoughts that glow (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Lavish thousands of dollars on your baby clothes, and after all the child is prettiest when every garment is laid aside. That becoming nakedness, at least, may adorn the chubby darling of the poorest home (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Fields are won by those who believe in the winning (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) What instruction the baby brings to the mother! (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Life is as inexorable as the sea (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Noble discontent is the path to heaven (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) That genius is feeble which cannot hold its own before the masterpieces of the world (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. It is the use we make of our faculties which renders them valuable (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) After all, when a thought takes one’s breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year! (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) The bee himself did not evade the schoolboy more than she evaded me, and even at this day I still stand somewhat bewildered, like the boy (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Character shows itself apart from genius as a special thing. The first point of measurement of any man is that of quality (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) How much that the world calls selfishness is only generosity with narrow walls, a too exclusive solicitude to maintain a wife in luxury, or make one’s children rich (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes) There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor (Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes)