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
There is a special Providence that watches over idiots, drunken men, and boys. Thomas Bailey Aldrich boydrunkenidiot Change image and share on social
Conservatism and respectability have their values, certainly; but has not the unconventional its values also? Thomas Bailey Aldrich conservatismrespectabilityunconventional 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
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
There is no man at once so unselfish and selfish as a man in love. Thomas Bailey Aldrich lovemanselfish Change image and share on social
To live in Portsmouth without possessing a family portrait done by Copley is like living in Boston without having an ancestor in the old Granary Burying-Ground. You can exist, but you cannot be said to flourish. Thomas Bailey Aldrich ancestorbostonbury 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
What is newest to one in foreign countries is not always the people, but their surroundings, and those same little details of life and circumstance which make no impression on a man in his own land until he returns to it after a prolonged absence, and then they stand out very sharply for a while. Thomas Bailey Aldrich absencecircumstancecountry 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