Charity Quote by William Gilmore Simms

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

— William Gilmore Simms

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

— William Gilmore Simms

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for better or for worse.

— William Gilmore Simms

The wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose.…

— William Gilmore Simms

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place…

— William Gilmore Simms

Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring…

— William Gilmore Simms

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

— William Gilmore Simms

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares…

— William Gilmore Simms

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

— William Gilmore Simms

What we call vice in our neighbor may be nothing less than a crude virtue. To him who knows nothing more of precious stones…

— William Gilmore Simms

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul. The soul must work its way out of prison, and, in doing so,…

— William Gilmore Simms

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our side

— William Gilmore Simms