Quotes by John Greenleaf Whittier

“Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.”

“As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.”

“When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.”

“Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.”

“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.”

“Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.”

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”

“The smile of God is victory.”

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