The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and the love of man.
Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring wing, the … - William Gilmore Simms
Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring wing, the …
- William Gilmore Simms
Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give. - William Gilmore Simms
Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.
The proverb answers where the sermon fails. - William Gilmore Simms
The proverb answers where the sermon fails.
The only true source of politeness is consideration. - William Gilmore Simms
The only true source of politeness is consideration.
The only true source of politeness is consideration,--that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilit… - William Gilmore Simms
The only true source of politeness is consideration,--that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilit…
Philosophy is reason with the eyes of the soul. - William Gilmore Simms
Philosophy is reason with the eyes of the soul.
Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery. - William Gilmore Simms
Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.
The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already. - William Gilmore Simms
The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.
No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them. - William Gilmore Simms
No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.
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