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James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.

Tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it?

Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it?

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.

It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Where are the blossoms of those summers!-fallen, one by one: so all of my family departed, each in his turn, to the land of the spirits.

Where are the blossoms of those summers!-fallen, one by one: so all of my family departed, each in his turn, to the land of the spirits.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: happy hunting-grounds

happy hunting-grounds

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: We live in a world of endless transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true.

We live in a world of endless transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: And am I answerable that thoughtless and unprincipled men exist whose shades of contenance may resemble mine?

And am I answerable that thoughtless and unprincipled men exist whose shades of contenance may resemble mine?

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: For flowers that will bloom in a garden will die on a heath ...

For flowers that will bloom in a garden will die on a heath ...

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: You are young, and rich, and have friends, and at such an age I know it is hard to die!

You are young, and rich, and have friends, and at such an age I know it is hard to die!

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: ...nothing that crawls the earth is for my sport.

...nothing that crawls the earth is for my sport.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Nothing is easier to us who pass our time in the great school of Providence than to l'arn its lessons.

Nothing is easier to us who pass our time in the great school of Providence than to l'arn its lessons.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Come, friend; you are welcome, though your notions are a little blinded with reading too many books.

Come, friend; you are welcome, though your notions are a little blinded with reading too many books.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: A man without conscience is but a poor creature ...

A man without conscience is but a poor creature ...

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: I too can play the madman, the fool, the hero; in short, any or everything to rescue her I love.

I too can play the madman, the fool, the hero; in short, any or everything to rescue her I love.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Even the robin and the martin come back, year after year, to their old nests; shall a woman be less true hearted than a bird?

Even the robin and the martin come back, year after year, to their old nests; shall a woman be less true hearted than a bird?

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: It should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.

It should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Advice is not a gift, but a debt that the old owe to the young.

Advice is not a gift, but a debt that the old owe to the young.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Else would my scalp long since have been drying in a Mingo wigwam.

Else would my scalp long since have been drying in a Mingo wigwam.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: A thing which is of no moment itself may be made of importance in the way of competition.

A thing which is of no moment itself may be made of importance in the way of competition.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Has dropped into the river, said Hurry, after looking carefully along

Has dropped into the river, said Hurry, after looking carefully along

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Patience is the greatest of virtues in a woodsman.

Patience is the greatest of virtues in a woodsman.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: They linger yet, Avengers of their native land." - Gray

They linger yet, Avengers of their native land." - Gray

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: ...that dog is more to be trusted than many a Christian man; for he never forgets a friend, and loves the hand that gives him bread.

...that dog is more to be trusted than many a Christian man; for he never forgets a friend, and loves the hand that gives him bread.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Life is sweet, even to the aged; and, for that matter, I've known some that seemed to set much store by it when it got to be of the least

Life is sweet, even to the aged; and, for that matter, I've known some that seemed to set much store by it when it got to be of the least value.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.

Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: I care not for your envy, or your hypocrisy, or even for your human nature.

I care not for your envy, or your hypocrisy, or even for your human nature.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: When the colony's laws, or even the King's laws, run ag'in the laws of God, they get to be onlawful, and ought not to be obeyed.

When the colony's laws, or even the King's laws, run ag'in the laws of God, they get to be onlawful, and ought not to be obeyed.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.

History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: ...the Evil Spirit delights more to dwell in an artful body, than in one that has no cunning to work upon.

...the Evil Spirit delights more to dwell in an artful body, than in one that has no cunning to work upon.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: ...every period of life has its necessities, and at forty-seven it's just as well to trust a little to the head.

...every period of life has its necessities, and at forty-seven it's just as well to trust a little to the head.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: We are all human, and all do wrong.

We are all human, and all do wrong.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.

Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: The deer that goes too often to the lick meets the hunter at last!

The deer that goes too often to the lick meets the hunter at last!

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: Then he was wrong, Hurry; very wrong. A man can enjoy plunder peaceably nowhere.

Then he was wrong, Hurry; very wrong. A man can enjoy plunder peaceably nowhere.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: The woods are but the ears of the Almighty, the air is his breath, and the light of the sun is little more than a glance of his eye.

The woods are but the ears of the Almighty, the air is his breath, and the light of the sun is little more than a glance of his eye.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names.

It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names.

James Fenimore Cooper quotes: The gifts of our colors may be different, but God has so placed us as to journey in the same path.

The gifts of our colors may be different, but God has so placed us as to journey in the same path.