I at length reached the last house but one, where the path to the summit diverged to the right, while the summititself… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...expatriated Americans, evenHenry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind. — Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
He all their ammunition And feats of war defeats With plain heroic magnitude of mind And celestial vigour armed; — John Milton Copy Share Image
You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate. There is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
They who know of no purer sources of truth, who have traced up its stream no higher, stand, and wisely stand, by… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
He is so polite!MYes, he is always prepared with a biscuit for Cerberus and is so timid that he assumes everyone is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
All the morning we had heardthe sea roar on the eastern shore, which was several miles distant.... It was a very inspiriting… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
But the impressions which themorning makes vanish with its dews, and not even the most persevering mortal canpreserve the memory of its… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
He had seen the end of an era,the sunset of the pioneer. He had come upon it when already its glory was… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
... as a result of generations of betrayal, it's nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what… — Sarah Patton Boyle Copy Share Image
A drop of water has the properties of the sea, but cannot exhibit a storm. There is beauty of a concert, as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Their time past, pulled down cracked and flung to the fire Mgo up in a roar All recognition lost, burnt clean clean… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
The office ... make[s] its incumbent a repair man behind a dyke. No sooner is one leak plugged than it is necessary… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately,Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fifty years from now, it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in, how… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Sin seen from the thought, is a diminution or less: seen from the conscience or will, itis pravity or bad. The intellectnames… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is something about poverty that smells like death.Dead dreams dropping off theheart like leaves in a dry season and rotting around… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Our fathers' God! to Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing; Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light;… — Samuel Francis Smith Copy Share Image
The first day of Christmas, My true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Crew member [offscreen]: That's an awful big town San Francisco. Weinberg: Strictly a one-whistle stop. There's only one city in the USA… — Dudley Nichols Copy Share Image