Painfully to attain possession of what we do not want, and then painfully to waste our days in attempting to rid ourselves of it, seems to be a part of our discipline here below. Thomas Bailey Aldrich attainattemptday Change image and share on social
To the mass of mankind - meaning also womankind - marriage may be the only possible thing; but to the individual, it may be the one thing impossible. Thomas Bailey Aldrich impossibleindividualmankind Change image and share on social
When a man cuts himself absolutely adrift from custom, what an astonishingly light spar floats him! How few his wants are, after all! Thomas Bailey Aldrich absolutelyadriftastonishingly Change image and share on social
Everywhere on the Continent, the tourist is looked upon as a bird to be plucked, and presently the bird himself feebly comes to regard plucking as his proper destiny and abjectly holds out his wing so long as there is a feather left on it. Thomas Bailey Aldrich abjectlybirdcontinent share on social
A man may do worse than make what the world calls a not wholly happy marriage. Thomas Bailey Aldrich badlycallhappy Change image and share on social
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 complexdirectnessfriendship Change image and share on social
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 desiredetailfull Change image and share on social
I knew I was born at the North but hoped nobody would find it out. I looked upon the misfortune as something so shrouded by time and distance that maybe nobody remembered it. Thomas Bailey Aldrich beardistancefind Change image and share on social
The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born. Thomas Bailey Aldrich bearmansuspect Change image and share on social
Portsmouth has the honor, I believe, of establishing the first recorded pauper workhouse - though not in connection with her poets, as might naturally be supposed. Thomas Bailey Aldrich connectionestablishhonor Change image and share on social
