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William Gilmore Simms
American writer
William Gilmore Simmswas a poet, novelist, politician and historian from the American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced.
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About the William Gilmore Simms
William Gilmore Simmswas a poet, novelist, politician and historian from the American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced. He is still known among literary scholars as a major force in antebellum Southern literature. He is also remembered for his strong support of slavery and for his opposition to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, in response to which he wrote reviews and the pro-slavery novel The Sword and the Distaff (1854). During his literary career he served as editor of several journals and newspapers and he also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives.
12 Quotes by William Gilmore Simms
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I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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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 SimmsAmerican writer
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Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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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.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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The dread of criticism is the death of genius.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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The only true source of politeness is consideration.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer
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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.
William Gilmore SimmsAmerican writer