Really,’ thought I, ‘we call Baltimore the ‘Monumental City’ for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!
BAYARD TAYLORIn the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.
More Bayard Taylor Quotes
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And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.
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The loving are the daring.
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Peace the offspring is of Power.
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Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
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Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows – the south and east oriels – are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.
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And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
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To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.
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I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
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The healing of the world is in its nameless saints. Each separate star seems nothing, but a myriad scattered stars break up the night and make it beautiful.
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Love’s humility is love’s true pride.
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But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.
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The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.
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Life lives only in success.
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The glories of the possible are ours.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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