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Quote by William Gilmore Simms

“Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.”

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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. more

“To feel oppressed by obligation is only to prove that we are incapable of a proper sentiment of gratitude. To receive favors from the unworthy is simply to admit that our selfishness is superior to our pride. Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful for them. The proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.”

Men Feels Made Remember Pride Proud Gratitude Prove Grateful Silent Favors Obligation Superiors Selfishness Vain Sentiments Be Grateful Incapable Oppressed Remembrance Unworthy Sour

Author:William Gilmore Simms

“The only true source of politeness is consideration,--that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilities of others. This is the one quality, over all others, necessary to make a gentleman.”

Loses Quality Moral Rights Source Sight Claims Gentleman Consideration Sensibility Politeness Vigilant

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

“Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.”

Should Action Principles Calm Refuse Corruption Storm Stagnation

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

“There is a native baseness in the ambition which seeks beyond its desert, that never shows more conspicuously than when, no matter how, it temporarily gains its object.”

Matter Shows Objects Ambition Gains Desert Native Baseness

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

“I'm independent. If a guy is too clingy or needy, I actually get afraid of hurting him - and I can't deal with that.”

Ifs I Can Guy Hurt Deals Independent Needy Clingy Hurting Him

Author:Ashley Greene

“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

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

World Performances Charity Possession

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 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.”

Men Character Sports Laughing Effects Command Consideration Toys

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 wonder is not that the world is so easily governed, but that so small a number of persons will suffice for the purpose. There are dead weights in political and legislative bodies as in clocks, and hundreds answer as pulleys who would never do for politicians.”

World Persons Body Government Political Purpose Answers Numbers Wonder Politician Weight Clock Pulleys

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

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

Greatness Distinction Expenses Eminence

Author:William Gilmore Simms

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