In every age have mighty spirits dwelt unseen with man, biding the hour that needed them. Thomas Bailey Aldrich agebidedwell Change image and share on social
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 architectureimpressindependence 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
True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. Thomas Bailey Aldrich artparaphrasisseldom Change image and share on social
Daily contact with boys who had not been brought up as gently as I worked an immediate and, in some respects, a beneficial change in my character. Thomas Bailey Aldrich beneficialboybring 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
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
A habit leads a man so gently in the beginning that he does not perceive he is led - with what silken threads and down what pleasant avenues it leads him! By and by, the soft silk threads become iron chains, and the pleasant avenues Avernus! Thomas Bailey Aldrich avenueavernusbegin share on social
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 dilatedwellerexpanse Change image and share on social
What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness. Thomas Bailey Aldrich lovelinesslovelypass Change image and share on social
