Thomas Bailey Aldrich quotes - page 3

Shakespeare is forever coming into our affairs -- putting in his oar, so to speak -- with some pat word or sentence. (Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among men. Among women it is as common as eyebrows. View quote
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In her eyes a thought Grew sweet and sweeter, deepening like the dawn- A mystical forewarning! View quote
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My dear Mr. Morse: It was very pleasant to me to get a letter from you the other day. Perhaps I should have found it pleasanter if I had been able to decipher it. I don't think that I mastered anything beyond the date (which I knew) and the signature (which I guessed at). There's a singular and a perpetual charm in a letter of yours; it never grows old, it never loses its novelty. One can say to one's self every morning: "There's that letter of Morse's. I haven't read it yet. I think I'll take another shy at it to-day, and maybe I shall be able in the course of a few years to make out what he means by those t's that look like w's and those i's that haven't any eyebrows." Other letters are read and thrown away and forgotten, but yours are kept forever-unread. One of them will last a reasonable man a lifetime. View quote
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There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. View quote
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