John Addington Symonds Quotes

• It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity.

  John Addington Symonds

  Lips, Praise

  John Addington Symonds (1968). “The Letters of John Addington Symonds: 1869-1884”

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• These things shall be! A loftier race Than e'er the world hath known shall rise, With flame of freedom in their souls, And light of knowledge in their eyes.

  John Addington Symonds

  Eye, Light, Race

  Hymn

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• No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.

  John Addington Symonds

  Soul, Seeds

  John Addington Symonds (1882). “Animi Figura”

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• Straight is the way to Acheron,
  Whether the spirit's race is run
  From Athens or from Meroe:
  Weep not, far from home to die;
  The wind doth blow in every sky
  That wafts us to that doleful sea.

  John Addington Symonds

  Running, Home, Blow

  John Addington Symonds (1871). “Miscellanies”, p.412

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