"He gained a world; he gave that world……" — Joaquin Miller
"He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!""
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16 Quotes by Joaquin Miller
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Primeval forests! virgin sod! That Saxon has not ravish'd yet, Lo! peak on peak in stairways set- In stepping stairs…
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All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him…
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The biggest dog has been a pup.
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Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of…
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Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the…
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There are many To-morrows, my Love, my Love, There is only one To-day.
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Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
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The bravest battle that ever was fought; Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world…
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God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken, And yet so profound, so loud, and so far, It fills you,…
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That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known.
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All you can hold in your cold dead hand is what you have given away.
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O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive us,…
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
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