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Thomas Bailey Aldrich quotes

American Poet November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich quote: "There must be such a thing as a child with average ability,..."
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. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich quote: "It is the Lord's Day, and I do believe that cheerful hearts..."
It is the Lord's Day, and I do believe that cheerful hearts and faces are not unpleasant in His sight. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich quote: "A man is known by the company his mind keeps."
A man is known by the company his mind keeps. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich quote: "Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades."
Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich quote: "The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born."
The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich quote: "What a Babel of voices it was, everybody directing everybody..."
What a Babel of voices it was, everybody directing everybody else, and everybody doing everything wrong! Thomas Bailey Aldrich
..Fell over the prostrate steersman, and there we all lay in a heep, two or three of us quite picturesque with the nosebleed. Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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