All Arthur Hugh Clough Quotes
- Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive officiously to keep alive. Alive
- In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly, but westward, look, the land is bright. Bright
- Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market. Bought
- Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition. All
- A world where nothing is had for nothing. Funny
- Action will furnish belief,-but will that belief be the true one? This is the point, you know. Action
- Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them? Battle
- It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so: That, howsoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not… Change
- Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat. Cheat
- If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars. Dupes
- Do not adultery commit; Advantage rarely comes of it. Adultery
- And almost everyone when age, disease, or sorrows strike him, inclines to think there is a God, or something very like him. Age
- How pleasant it is to have money. Inspirational
- For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in,… Breaking
- What voice did on my spirit fall, Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost? 'Tis better to have fought and lost That never to have fought… All
- As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as… Cafe
- Old things need not be therefore true, O brother men, nor yet the new; Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it… Ah
- The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service. Buzz
- My wind is turned to bitter north, That was so soft a south before; My sky, that shone so sunny bright, With foggy gloom is… Autumnal
- Well, I know, after all, it is only juxtaposition, Juxtaposition, in short; and what is juxtaposition? All
- And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him. Age
- Where lies the land, to which the ship would go? Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know. And where the land she travels from?… Ahead