“The human heart has a sigh lonelier than the cry of the bittern.” HumansHeartCryHuman HeartSigh Author:William Rounseville Alger
“In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.” HumansHeavenBlessedEightNineParadiseBreastsBlessedness Book:The Poetry of the Orient Source: The Poetry of the Orient
“The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the smallest compass. About every weak point in human nature, or vicious spot in human life, there is deposited a crystallization of warning and protective proverbs.” HumansFeelingsHuman NatureAmountIntellectualWeakSpotsHuman LifeWarningAphorismSmallestQuotationsViciousCompassProtectiveStimulusThoughts And FeelingsQuintessentialWeak Points Author:William Rounseville Alger
