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James Whitcomb Riley [1849-1916] American

Rank: 113
Poet (with poems), Writer

Humour, Sentimentalism, Vernacular, Victorian

James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively.

Anger, Morning, Nature

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When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.	Nature	101
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.		102
The ripest peach is highest on the tree.		103
Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.		104
It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.		105
When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.	Morning	106
The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.	Anger	107

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