Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

There is a serious and resolute egotism that makes a man interesting Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

There is a serious and resolute egotism that makes a man interesting

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy

— Edwin Percy Whipple

We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The essence of the ludicrous consists in surprise,–in unexpected terms of Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The essence of the ludicrous consists in surprise,–in unexpected terms of

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The contemplation of beauty in nature, in art, in literature, in human Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The contemplation of beauty in nature, in art, in literature, in human

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Humor, warm and all-embracing as the sunshine, bathes its objects in a Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Humor, warm and all-embracing as the sunshine, bathes its objects in a

— Edwin Percy Whipple

In most old communities there is a common sense even in sensuality. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

In most old communities there is a common sense even in sensuality.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The inborn geniality of some people amounts to genius. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The inborn geniality of some people amounts to genius.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence,

— Edwin Percy Whipple

No education deserves the name unless it develops thought, unless it pierces Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

No education deserves the name unless it develops thought, unless it pierces

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Knowledge, like religion, must be experienced in order to be known. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Knowledge, like religion, must be experienced in order to be known.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Do we, mad as we all are after riches, hear often enough Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Do we, mad as we all are after riches, hear often enough

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Nothing is rarer than the use of a word in its exact meaning. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Nothing is rarer than the use of a word in its exact meaning.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

A writer who attempts to live on the manufacture of his imagination Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

A writer who attempts to live on the manufacture of his imagination

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The minister’s brain is often the “poor-box” of the church. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The minister’s brain is often the “poor-box” of the church.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

But the conceit of one’s self and the conceit of one’s hobby Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

But the conceit of one’s self and the conceit of one’s hobby

— Edwin Percy Whipple

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Sydney Smith playfully says that common sense was invented by Socrates, that Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Sydney Smith playfully says that common sense was invented by Socrates, that

— Edwin Percy Whipple

True wisdom, indeed, springs from the wide brain which is fed from Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

True wisdom, indeed, springs from the wide brain which is fed from

— Edwin Percy Whipple

A composition which dazzles at first sight by gaudy epithets, or brilliant Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

A composition which dazzles at first sight by gaudy epithets, or brilliant

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

A large portion of human beings live not so much in themselves Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

A large portion of human beings live not so much in themselves

— Edwin Percy Whipple

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

No language can fitly express the meanness, the baseness, the brutality, with Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

No language can fitly express the meanness, the baseness, the brutality, with

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Some men find happiness in gluttony and in drunkenness, but no delicate Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Some men find happiness in gluttony and in drunkenness, but no delicate

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often

— Edwin Percy Whipple

A man of letters is often a man with two natures,–one Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

A man of letters is often a man with two natures,–one

— Edwin Percy Whipple

God, in His wrath, has not left this world to the mercy Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

God, in His wrath, has not left this world to the mercy

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Sin, every day, takes out a patent for some new invention. Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

Sin, every day, takes out a patent for some new invention.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

The greatness of action includes immoral as well as moral greatness–Cortes and Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

The greatness of action includes immoral as well as moral greatness–Cortes and

— Edwin Percy Whipple

We all originally came from the woods! it is hard to eradicate Edwin Percy Whipple Picture Quote

We all originally came from the woods! it is hard to eradicate

— Edwin Percy Whipple

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