Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Give, Fortune, More, Trains
I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Me, You, Ascend, Lift
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Thought, Which, Dwells, Tones
Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Peace, Battle, Ever, Manhood
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Business, Small, Leverage, Businessperson
From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Truth, Death, New, Proceeds
You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Know, Always, Fought, Battles
All the windows of my heart I open to the day.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Day, Romantic, Windows, Open
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Use, Hints, Sum, Entirely
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Death, Lost, Honor, Dies
One brave deed makes no hero.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Hero, Brave, Makes, Deed
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Sad, Tongue, Been, Pen
Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Romantic, Always, Romance, Tradition
God's colors all are fast.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
God, Fast, Colors
Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Beauty, Fast, Never, Colors
The smile of God is victory.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Smile, God, Victory
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
God, Before, Even, Behind
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