Age Quote by George Bancroft Download Open image “Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.” — George Bancroft ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Collect Works Genius Genius Language Intelligence Language Libraries Libraries Collect Library Writer
Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good deal of… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy,… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
Libraries hold the wisdom of the world and the stories of the ages - available to everyone, free of charge! — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
“Libraries always remind me that there are good things in this world.” — Lauren Ward Copy Share Image
“The disturbances in the country grew not out of anything republican, but out of slavery, which is a part of the system of hereditary… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not the fruit… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
