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John Greenleaf Whittier [1807-1892] American

Rank: 101
Poet (with poems)

Christian, Fantasy, Fireside poets, Slavery, Victorian

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

Romantic, Beauty, Best, Business, Death, Faith, God, Good, Music, Peace, Power, Sad, Smile

Quote	Tags	Rank
Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.	Romantic	101
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.	Best, Music	102
All the windows of my heart I open to the day.	Romantic	103
You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.	Good	104
I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.		105
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.	Sad	106
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.	God	107
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.	Death, Faith	108
The smile of God is victory.	Smile	109
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.	Power	110
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.		111
Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.	Beauty	112
One brave deed makes no hero.		113
From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.		114
Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.	Peace	115
God's colors all are fast.		116
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.	Business	117

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