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William Rounseville Alger quotes: Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency; like the dew at dawn and eve.

Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency; like the dew at dawn and eve.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.

A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.

There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any.

He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: The lower a man descends in his love, the higher he lifts his life.

The lower a man descends in his love, the higher he lifts his life.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: A fretful fancy is constantly flinging its possessor into gratuitous tophets.

A fretful fancy is constantly flinging its possessor into gratuitous tophets.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: The most terrible of all things is terror.

The most terrible of all things is terror.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.

Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.

The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Tears are the tribute of humanity to its destiny.

Tears are the tribute of humanity to its destiny.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: The human heart has a sigh lonelier than the cry of the bittern.

The human heart has a sigh lonelier than the cry of the bittern.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Every man is his own greatest dupe.

Every man is his own greatest dupe.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Ah, could the soul, like the body, have a mirror! It has,a friend.

Ah, could the soul, like the body, have a mirror! It has,
a friend.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.

The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.

God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance.

The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: God's mills grind slow, But they grind woe.

God's mills grind slow, But they grind woe.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: I would give more for the private esteem and love of one than for the public praise of ten thousand.

I would give more for the private esteem and love of one than for the public praise of ten thousand.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: How sublime is the audacious tautology of Mohammed, God is God!

How sublime is the audacious tautology of Mohammed, God is God!

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Laws are the silent assessors of God.

Laws are the silent assessors of God.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release.

In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Keep your working power at its maximum.

Keep your working power at its maximum.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Nemesis is one of God's handmaids.

Nemesis is one of God's handmaids.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Polite beggary is too common.

Polite beggary is too common.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature.

Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

William Rounseville Alger quotes: The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe.

The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe.