The strife of politics tends to unsettle the calmest understanding, and ulcerate the most benevolent heart. There are no bigotries or absurdities too gross for parties to create or adopt under the stimulus of political passions.
Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps.
- Edwin Percy Whipple
Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.
God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. - Edwin Percy Whipple
God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.
Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.
Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.
Wit is an unexpected explosion of thought. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Wit is an unexpected explosion of thought.
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.
The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses … - Edwin Percy Whipple
The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses …
The contemplation of beauty in nature, in art, in literature, in human character, diffuses through our being a soothing and subtle joy, by which the … - Edwin Percy Whipple
The contemplation of beauty in nature, in art, in literature, in human character, diffuses through our being a soothing and subtle joy, by which the …
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