American Quotes

All the regional brainy quotes of american for positive inspirations

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

Our first and last love is self-love.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

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