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William Gilmore Simms was an American poet born on April 17, 1806, and died on June 11, 1870. His poetry holds a significant place in American literary history, known for its rich imagination and profound emotional expression.

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Famous William Gilmore Simms Quotes

“Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.”

Virtue Policy Modesty

Author:William Gilmore Simms

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

Care Joy Mother Pleasure Worry Virtue Charity Endure Cheer

Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

“It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues.”

Heart Has Beens Soul Song Passion Music Virtue Bird Wings Affection Flight

Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

“What we call vice in our neighbor may be nothing less than a crude virtue. To him who knows nothing more of precious stones than he can learn from a daily contemplation of his breastpin, a diamond in the mine must be a very uncompromising sort of stone.”

Knows May Virtue Mines Stones Vices Neighbor Contemplation Diamond Crude Uncompromising Precious Stones

Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

“The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.”

Men Success Virtue Successful Duty Being Successful Expenses Manhood Amiable

Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

“Tact is one of the first of mental virtues, the absence of which is frequently fatal to the best of talents. Without denying that it is a talent of itself, it will suffice if we admit that it supplies the place of many talents.”

Firsts Virtue Talent Absence Supplies Tact

Author:William Gilmore Simms

About the Author

Born: April 17, 1806
Died: June 11, 1870
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 49

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