Thomas Nelson Page

“A gentleman is a man who can disagree without being disagreeable.”

“The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.”

“The world has a way of giving what is demanded of it. If you are frightened and look for failure and poverty, you will get them, no matter how hard you may try to succeed.”

“All the wit in the world is not in the possession of any one person.”

“Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preservative of human virtue.”

“There is a blessedness of giving which is above all blessing.”

“The sun, which had been climbing up the slope of heaven, stole a glance over the shoulder of the horizon.”

“Courage is the faculty of continuing to do our duty in the teeth of defeat and despite the consciousness of it.”

“The finest fruit of a liberal education is the ability to enjoy the things of the mind.”

“There's nothing in the world so powerful as a good woman's love.”

“An aristocracy is a class which holds itself apart from the rest of the community, and which has privileges which are not shared by the rest of the community.”

“The true test of a man is not what he does when he is on top. It is what he does when he is on the bottom.”