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Thomas Higginson

The test of an author is not to be …

23 Sep , 2021  

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers…but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Higginson ,

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There cannot be greater rudeness th…

3 Jul , 2015  

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse. Great short quote and quotation by: John Locke , English empiricist philosopher (1632 – 1704)

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Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Time is but a stream I go a-fishing…

13 Oct , 2011  

Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry David Thoreau, Walden , US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)

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Time is but the stream I go a-fishi…

13 Oct , 2011  

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish fill the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I […]

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What is all wisdom save a collectio…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings– they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner […]

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