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John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes
John Greenleaf Whittier
American
Poet
Born:
Dec 17
,
1807
Died:
Sep 7
,
1892
Colors
Fast
God
Lost
Me
You
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I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Me
You
Together
Both
Lift
Ascend
All the windows of my heart I open to the day.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Day
Heart
Windows
Open
Romantic
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.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Music
Best
Book
Thought
Our
Charm
Echoes
Contains
Hearts
Just
Dwells
Which
Tones
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
John Greenleaf Whittier
God
Me
Before
Well
Behind
Even
Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
John Greenleaf Whittier
God
Seen
Beauty
Lost
Colors
Never
Fast
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Death
Faith
Man
Honor
Lost
Dead
Dies
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
John Greenleaf Whittier
People
Sum
Must
Exactly
Exactly What
Follow
Entirely
Said
Hints
Nor
Up
Trying
Done
Use
Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Peace
Battle
Hath
Higher
Knew
Tests
Than
Manhood
Ever
From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Life
Death
Truth
Old
New
Proceeds
Creeds
One brave deed makes no hero.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Hero
Makes
Brave
Deed
God's colors all are fast.
John Greenleaf Whittier
God
Colors
Fast
For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been."
John Greenleaf Whittier
Pen
Saddest
Tongue
Relatable
Sad Relatable
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