“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
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An American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the <i>Fireside Poets</i>, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier>Wikipedia</a>).
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“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
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“The craven's fear is but selfishness, like his merriment.”
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“No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear; But, grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here.”
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“Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not The poor device of man.”
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“Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good!”
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“Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.”
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“"I'm sorry that I spell'd the word; I hate to go above you, Because" - the brown eyes lower fell, - "Because, you see, I love you!"”
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“Every chain that spirits wear crumbles in the breadth of prayer.”
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“The simple heart that freely asks in love, obtains.”
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“For of all sad words of tongues or pen the saddest are these: It might have been.”
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“So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature’s geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteo...”
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“the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you”
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“I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.”
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“Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.”
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“Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.”
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“As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.”
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“From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.”
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“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.”
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“It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.”
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“Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.”
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