(1819-1891) American Diplomat, Poet, Critic, Editor
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All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.
Men in earnest have no time to waste In patching fig-leaves for the naked truth.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.
Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof; it is a temporary expedient.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.