Quotes
Quotes - Hamilton
The hollow sea-shell, which for years hath stood
On dusty shelves, when held against the ear
Proclaims its stormy parent, and we hear
The faint, far murmur of the breaking flood.
We hear the sea.The Sea? It is the blood
In our own veins, impetuous and near.
Man: a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
I never think he is quite ready for another world who is altogether weary of this.
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
I walked a mile with Pleasure, She chattered all the way; But left me none the wiser, For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But, oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me!
I walked a mile with Pleasure, She chattered all the way; But left me none the wiser, For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But, oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me!
Learn to think continentally.
