Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

Quotes

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

God's colors all are fast.

God's colors all are fast.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

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