There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
More Quotes from Thomas W. Higginson:
Do not waste a minutenot a secondin trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it.Thomas W. Higginson
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.
Thomas W. Higginson
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
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Fields are won by those who believe in the winning.
Thomas W. Higginson
When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.
Thomas W. Higginson
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