"The nearest approach I have ever seen to……" — Bayard Taylor
"The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo."
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58 Quotes by Bayard Taylor
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Fame is what you have taken, / Character's what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then…
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The loving are the daring.
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Love's humility is love's true pride.
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Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for…
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The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
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Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
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The healing of the world is in its nameless saints. Each separate star seems nothing, but a myriad scattered stars…
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From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In…
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I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
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And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.
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Who thinks, at night, that morn will ever be? Who knows, far out upon the central sea, That anywhere is…
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Voluptuous bloom and fragrance rare The summer to its rose may bring; Far sweeter to the wooing air The hidden…
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