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William Gilmore Simms Quotes
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It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
Modesty is policy, no less than virtue (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
The dread of criticism is the death of genius (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
The only true source of politeness is consideration (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
The proverb answers where the sermon fails (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
Philosophy is reason with the eyes of the soul (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine (William Gilmore Simms Quotes)
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 Simms Quotes)