William R. Alger quotes

Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason. (William R. Alger)
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion. View quote
William R. Alger
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. View quote
William R. Alger
God's mills grind slow, But they grind woe. View quote
William R. Alger
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety. View quote
William R. Alger
In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast. View quote
William R. Alger
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. View quote
William R. Alger
In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release. View quote
William R. Alger
Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. View quote
William R. Alger
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind. View quote
William R. Alger
Words of love, are works of love. (William R. Alger)
He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men. View quote
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The best aphorisms are pointed expressions of the results of observation, experience, and reflection. They are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the smallest compass. About every weak point in human nature, or vicious spot in human life, there is deposited a crystallization of warning and protective proverbs. View quote
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When man seized the loadstone of science, the loadstar of superstition vanished in the clouds. View quote
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Most men give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. View quote
William R. Alger
An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes; A smile within his eyelids plays And into words his longing gushes. View quote
William R. Alger
A gray eye is a sly eye, And roguish is a brown one; Turn full upon me thy eye,- Ah, how its wavelets drown one! A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark-sun! A black eye is the best one. View quote
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As two floating planks meet and part on the sea, O friend! so I met and then drifted from thee. View quote
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A thousand years a poor man watched Before the gate of Paradise: But while one little nap he snatched, It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise? View quote
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Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. View quote
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Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings, But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings. (William R. Alger)
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. View quote
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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire. View quote
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What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny. View quote
William R. Alger
The moon is a silver pin-head vast, That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast. View quote
William R. Alger