"If thou of fortune be bereft, and in……" — John Greenleaf Whittier
"If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul."
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139 Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier has 139 quotes on this site.
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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly…
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The laws of changeless justice bind oppressor and oppressed; and, close as sin and suffering joined we march to fate…
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He is wisest, who only gives, True to himself, the best he can: Who drifting on the winds of praise,…
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We live by faith; but Faith is not the slave Of text and legend. Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and…
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Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And…
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God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late, They touch the shining hills of day; The evil cannot brook delay,…
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I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His…
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God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over…
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And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.
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Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time, So "Bonnie Doon" but tarry; Blot out the epic's stately rhyme, But spare…
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The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt…
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So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!
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I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do…
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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of…
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But how ridiculous that I should bereft simply because I couldn’t spend hours in my world of make-believe! Wasn’t the…
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If you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls…
— Iris Apfel
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— Lauren Willig
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There are few of us but who have been touched somehow by death. Some may not have been touched closely…
— Richard L. Evans
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No soul can be forever banned, Eternally bereft, Whoever falls from God's right hand Is caught into his left.
— Edwin Markham
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Did you love well what very soon you left? Come home and take me in your arms and take away…
— Marilyn Hacker
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So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that…
— Peter J. Carroll
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As a reader, I want a book to kidnap me into its world. Its world must make my so-called real…
— Erica Jong
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