Thomas Bailey Aldrich

What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#beauty #inspiration #lovely #art

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#civilization #lamb #skin #which

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#bird #eden #ever #fall #first

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#admit #average #child #find #his

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#cheerful #heart #hopeful #keep #kindly

A man is known by the company his mind keeps. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#his #keeps #known #man #mind

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

#detail #every #full #given #i

The ocean moans over dead men's bones. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#dead #men #ocean #over

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#fail #striven #who

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#gives #seldom #selects #translation #true