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Letter "J" » John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
«For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.»
«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.»
«For somehow, not only at Christmas, but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.»
«No longer forward nor behind, I look in hope or fear; But grateful take the good I find, The best of now and here.»
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
(Writer)
«Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.»
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
(Writer)
«Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.»
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
(Writer)
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Christmas,
Kindness
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possessing, returns
«And a nameless longing filled her breast, - A wish, that she hardly dared to own, For something better than she had known»
«All the windows of my heart I open to the day.»
«One brave deed makes no hero.»
«Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.»
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