Satirical writers and speakers are not half so clever as they think themselves, nor as they are thought to be. They do winnow the corn, it is true, but it is to feed upon the chaff. I am sorry to… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Perhaps Madame de Maintenon would never have mounted… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
It is in vain to expect any advantage from our profession of the truth, if we be not sincerely just and honest in our… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Surmounted difficulties not only teach, but hearten us… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
I would not cross the street to make a Baptist, but I would go round the world to make a Christian. — James Sharp Copy Share Image
All solitary enjoyments, quickly fall, or become painful, so that, perhaps, no more insufferable misery can be conceived than that which must follow incommunicable… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
Proverbs are, for the most part, rules of morals, and as such are often effective. — James Sharp Copy Share Image
Satirical writers and speakers are not half so clever as they think themselves, nor as they are thought to be. They do winnow the… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
