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William Gilmore Simms quotes: The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.

Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Philosophy is reason with the eyes of the soul.

Philosophy is reason with the eyes of the soul.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and the love of man.

The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and the love of man.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.

Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.

No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.

No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.

Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.

William Gilmore Simms quotes: Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition.

Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition.