18 ordspråk av William Gilmore Simms

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William Gilmore Simms föddes den 17 april 1806 och dog den 11 juni 1870 - US writer
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en The dread of criticism is the death of genius.
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en Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents
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en Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes
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en No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them
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en He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
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en Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine
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en Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent
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en The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air
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en Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
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en The only true source of politeness is consideration.
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en The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.
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en Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.
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en I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
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en Lithe and long as the serpent train,
Springing and clinging from tree to tree,
Now darting upward, now down again,
With a twist and a twirl that are strange to see.

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en Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent
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