George Pope Morris Quotes

• You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.

  George Pope Morris

  Desire, World, Wealthy

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• We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.

  George Pope Morris

  Ocean, Swim, Depth

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• Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.

  George Pope Morris

  Inspiring, Tree, Youth

  "Woodman, Spare That Tree" l. 1 (1830) See Thomas Campbell 2

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• A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

  George Pope Morris

  Rain, Learning, Men

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• The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!

  George Pope Morris

  Heart, Lakes, Hands

  George Pope Morris, Horace Binney Wallace, Maria Edgeworth (1860). “Poems of George P. Morris: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.68

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• Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago!

  George Pope Morris

  Time, Lakes, Long

  George Pope Morris, Horace Binney Wallace, Maria Edgeworth (1860). “Poems of George P. Morris: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.140

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• It appears to me that strong sense and acute sensibility together constitute genius.

  George Pope Morris

  Strong, Together, Genius

  Samuel Woodworth, George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis (1830). “The New York Mirror: A Weekly Gazette of Literature and the Fine Arts”, p.344

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• A laughing fool ... seems born for nothing but to show his teeth.

  George Pope Morris

  Laughter, Laughing, Teeth

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• It made and preserves us a nation.

  George Pope Morris

  Made, Preserves, Nations

  George Pope Morris, Horace Binney Wallace, Maria Edgeworth (1860). “Poems”, p.68

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• Law has been called a bottomless pit, not so much because of its depth, as that its windings are so obscure nobody can see the end.

  George Pope Morris

  Law, Depth, Pits

  Samuel Woodworth, George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis (1830). “The New York Mirror: A Weekly Gazette of Literature and the Fine Arts”, p.288

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