Thomas Dunn English quotes
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“But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.”
-- Thomas Dunn EnglishSource : Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”
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“Oh! don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown, Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile, And trembled with fear at your frown?”
-- Thomas Dunn EnglishSource : 'Ben Bolt'
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“When greater perils men inviron, Then women show a front of iron; And, gentle in their manner, they Do bold things in a quiet way.”
-- Thomas Dunn EnglishSource : Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”
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“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
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“Monuments are for the living, not the dead.”
Source : Frank Wedekind (2013). “Spring Awakening”, p.39, A&C Black
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“The virtue which has never been attacked by temptation is deserving of no monument.”
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