Eliza Cook Quotes (9 Quotes)


    I love it, I love it, and who shall dare To chide me for loving that old arm-chair.

    There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam.

    Whom do we dub as Gentleman; The Knave, the fool, the brute --If they but own full tithe of gold,and Wear a courtly suit.

    Who would not rather trust and be deceived?

    Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.


    The hills have been high for mans mounting, The woods have been dense for his axe, The stars have been thick for his counting, The sands have been wide for his tracks. The sea has been deep for his diving, The poles have been broad for his sway, But bravely hes proved in his striving, That 'Where theres a will theres a way.'

    Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?

    Better build schoolrooms for the boy, Than cells and gibbets for the man.

    How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start, When memory plays an old tune on the heart.


    More Eliza Cook Quotations (Based on Topics)


    Man - Home - Fool - View All Eliza Cook Quotations

    Related Authors


    Maya Angelou - Khalil Gibran - Dante Alighieri - Aeschylus - Thomas Moore - Thomas Gray - Sophocles - Octavio Paz - Max Jacob - Alcaeus


Authors (by First Name)

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Other Inspiring Sections