True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1 Share Now -
When Washington visited Portsmouth in 1789, he was not much impressed by the architecture of the little town that had stood by him so stoutly in the struggle for independence. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 3 Share Now -
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 4 Share Now -
When Washington visited Portsmouth in 1789, he was not much impressed by the architecture of the little town that had stood by him so stoutly in the struggle for independence. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 5 Share Now -
I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 6 Share Now -
Famous old houses seem to have an intuitive perception of the value of corner lots. If it is a possible thing, they always set themselves down on the most desirable spots. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 7 Share Now -
A man may do worse than make what the world calls a not wholly happy marriage. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 8 Share Now -
A girl does not treat a possible lover with unvarying simplicity and directness. In all its phases, love is complex; friendship is not. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 9 Share Now -
Dwellers by the sea are generally superstitious; sailors always are. There is something in the illimitable expanse of sky and water that dilates the imagination. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich 10 Share Now -
