Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
More Quotes from Sidney Lanier:
I doubt no doubts: I strive, and shrive my clay,And fight my fight in the patient modern way
For true love and for thee -- ah me!
Sidney Lanier
'Tis Winter, still: the Bend lies dim.
Sidney Lanier
You screech, and swish de water, Satan!
Sidney Lanier
Your Life shall moil i' the ground, and plant his seed,
A farmer foisoning a huge crop of grief.
Sidney Lanier
No: I'll not keep you: good-bye, friend.
Sidney Lanier
But soon I learned full well, poor fool!
Sidney Lanier
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