These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.
These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.
Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best.
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
The clear, sweet singer with the crown of snow Not whiter than the thoughts that housed below.
Whoever can endure unmixed delight, whoever can tolerate music and painting and poetry all in one, whoever wishes to be rid of thought and to let the busy anvils of the brain be silent for a time, let him read in the 'Faery Queen.'
There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.
The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories