“Nothing is easier to us who pass our time in the great school of Providence than to l’arn its lessons.” — James Fenimore Cooper Education Copy Share Image
“Even the robin and the martin come back, year after year, to their old nests; shall a woman be less true hearted… — James Fenimore Cooper Bird Copy Share Image
“...it should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.” — James Fenimore Cooper Inspirational Copy Share Image
“...for flowers that will bloom in a garden will die on a heath...” — James Fenimore Cooper Flower Copy Share Image
“I care not for your envy, or your hypocrisy, or even for your human nature.” — James Fenimore Cooper Envy Copy Share Image
“And am I answerable that thoughtless and unprincipled men exist whose shades of contenance may resemble mine?” — James Fenimore Cooper Thoughtless Copy Share Image
“Tis an ancient and sacred tie that binds man to his nation; neither can it be severed without infamy.” — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“My eyes are true and as delicate as a hummingbird's in the day; but they are nothing worth boasting of by starlight.” — James Fenimore Cooper Delicate Copy Share Image
“When men speak, they should say that which does not go in at one side of the head and out at the… — James Fenimore Cooper Men Speak Copy Share Image
I can never tire of speaking of the bridges of Paris. By day and by night have I paused on them to… — James Fenimore Cooper Being Copy Share Image
“All places that the eye of heaven visits/ Are to a wise man ports and happy havens:/ Think not the king did… — James Fenimore Cooper Richard ii Copy Share Image
“Nothing but vast wisdom and onlimited power should dare sweep men off in multitudes,' he added; 'for it is only the one… — James Fenimore Cooper God Copy Share Image
“Mankind twist and turn the rules of the Lord, to suit their own wickedness, when their devilish cunning has had too much… — James Fenimore Cooper Nature of man Copy Share Image
“...any eye at all practiced in the signs of a frontier warfare, might easily have traced all those unerring evidences of the… — James Fenimore Cooper War Copy Share Image
“The woods are but the ears of the Almighty, the air is his breath, and the light of the sun is little… — James Fenimore Cooper Breath Copy Share Image
“In short, the magnifying influence of fear began to set at naught the calculations of reason, and to render those who should… — James Fenimore Cooper Fear Copy Share Image
“I have attended church-service in the garrisons, and tried hard...to join in the prayers...but never could raise within me the solemn feelings… — James Fenimore Cooper Alone with god Copy Share Image
“I want no thunder or lightning to remind me of my God, nor am I as apt to bethink on most of… — James Fenimore Cooper Remind God Copy Share Image
“The arches of the woods, even at high noon, cast their sombre shadows on the spot, which the brilliant rays of the… — James Fenimore Cooper Light and shadow Copy Share Image
“...for though the quiet of deep solitude reigned in that vast and nearly boundless forest, nature was speaking with her thousand tongues… — James Fenimore Cooper Language Copy Share Image
“Ah's me! if we could be what what we wish to be, instead of being only what we are, there would be… — James Fenimore Cooper Ignorant Copy Share Image
“Walking about streets, going to church of Sundays, and hearing sermons, never yet made a man of a human being. Send the… — James Fenimore Cooper Open eyes Copy Share Image
I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are… — James Fenimore Cooper Abstract Copy Share Image
“The tree blossoms, and bears its fruit, which falls, rots, withers, and even the seed is lost! Go, count the rings of… — James Fenimore Cooper Change Copy Share Image
“In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Deity, and with… — James Fenimore Cooper America Copy Share Image
“Then as to churches, they are good, I suppose, else wouldn't good men uphold' em. But they are not altogether necessary. They… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“The deer that goes too often to the lick meets the hunter at last!” — James Fenimore Cooper Deer Copy Share Image
Paris enjoys a high reputation for the style of its public edifices, and, while there is a very great deal to condemn,… — James Fenimore Cooper Compared Copy Share Image
“Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps… — James Fenimore Cooper Amateur Copy Share Image
“My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of the Unamis happy and strong; and yet, before… — James Fenimore Cooper Morning Copy Share Image
“The air, the water, and the ground are free gifts to man, and no one has the power to portion them out… — James Fenimore Cooper Breath Copy Share Image
“That of all the 'oracies (aristocracy and democracy included) hypocrisy is the most flourishing.” — James Fenimore Cooper Flourishing Copy Share Image
“Patience is the greatest of virtues in a woodsman.” — James Fenimore Cooper Patience Copy Share Image
“If mankind conversed only of the things they understood, half the words might be struck out of the dictionaries.” — James Fenimore Cooper Language Copy Share Image
“...that dog is more to be trusted than many a Christian man; for he never forgets a friend, and loves the hand… — James Fenimore Cooper Animal Copy Share Image
“Life is sweet, even to the aged; and, for that matter, I've known some that seemed to set much store by it… — James Fenimore Cooper Aged Copy Share Image
“Tis a strange calling!’ muttered Hawkeye, with an inward laugh, ‘to go through life, like a catbird, mocking all the ups and… — James Fenimore Cooper Critics Copy Share Image
All sacrifices of common sense, and all recourse to plausible political combinations, whether of individuals or of men, are uniformly made at… — James Fenimore Cooper Combinations Copy Share Image
