George William Curtis
American writer (1824-1892)
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
American poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
Thomas Bailey Aldrichwas an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is notable for his long editorship of The Atlantic Monthly, during which he published writers including Charles W. Chesnutt.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrichwas an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is notable for his long editorship of The Atlantic Monthly, during which he published writers including Charles W. Chesnutt. He was also known for his semi-autobiographical book The Story of a Bad Boy, which established the “bad boy’s book” subgenre in nineteenth-century American literature, and for his poetry.
12 Quotes by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can’t find a parent who will admit that it is his child.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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A man is known by the company his mind keeps.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
- 5.
The ocean moans over dead men’s bones.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird’s throat; Since Eden’s freshness and man’s fall No rose has been original.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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Civilization is the lamb’s skin in which barbarism masquerades.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is to triumph over old age.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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Books that have become classics – books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal – always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)
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True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.
Thomas Bailey AldrichAmerican poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)