Author: Lucy Larcom

Quotes

A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.

A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.

- Lucy Larcom

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

- Lucy Larcom

No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled solitudes of nature, than the laborer at some close in-door employment.

No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled solitudes of nature, than the laborer at some close in-door employment.

- Lucy Larcom

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.

- Lucy Larcom

A man may make a misanthrope of himself, but he is never one by nature.

A man may make a misanthrope of himself, but he is never one by nature.

- Lucy Larcom

Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ.

Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ.

- Lucy Larcom

Religion is life inspired by Heavenly Love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous.

Religion is life inspired by Heavenly Love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous.

- Lucy Larcom

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

- Lucy Larcom

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