George Pope Morris quotes
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“Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago!”
-- George Pope MorrisSource : George Pope Morris, Horace Binney Wallace, Maria Edgeworth (1860). “Poems of George P. Morris: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.140
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“Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.”
-- George Pope MorrisSource : "Woodman, Spare That Tree" l. 1 (1830) See Thomas Campbell 2
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“We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.”
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“The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!”
-- George Pope MorrisSource : George Pope Morris, Horace Binney Wallace, Maria Edgeworth (1860). “Poems of George P. Morris: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.68
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“It made and preserves us a nation.”
-- George Pope MorrisSource : George Pope Morris, Horace Binney Wallace, Maria Edgeworth (1860). “Poems”, p.68
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“A laughing fool ... seems born for nothing but to show his teeth.”
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“A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.”
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“It appears to me that strong sense and acute sensibility together constitute genius.”
-- George Pope MorrisSource : Samuel Woodworth, George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis (1830). “The New York Mirror: A Weekly Gazette of Literature and the Fine Arts”, p.344
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“You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.”
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“Law has been called a bottomless pit, not so much because of its depth, as that its windings are so obscure nobody can see the end.”
-- George Pope MorrisSource : Samuel Woodworth, George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis (1830). “The New York Mirror: A Weekly Gazette of Literature and the Fine Arts”, p.288
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