American - Poet | November 11, 1836 - March 19, 1907
Rome is one enormous mausoleum. There, the Past lies visibly stretched upon his bier. There is no today or tomorrow in Rome; it is perpetual yesterday.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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A man should have duties outside of himself; without them, he is a mere balloon, inflated with thin egotism and drifting nowhere.
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The ocean moans over dead men's bones.
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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.
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Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.
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There is a special Providence that watches over idiots, drunken men, and boys.
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I never witness a performance of child-acrobats, or the exhibition of any forced talent, physical or mental, on the part of children, without protesting, at least in my own mind, against the blindness and cruelty of their parents or guardians or whoever has care of them.
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What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.
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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.
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A man is known by the company his mind keeps.
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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.
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To be weak, and to know it, is something of a punishment for a proud man.
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