Thomas Hood

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence. ↗

— Thomas Hood

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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#against #attempt #conceited #like #people

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#copper #farther #get #going #improve

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn. ↗

— Thomas Hood

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There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid. ↗

— Thomas Hood

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There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, novelty, novelty, novelty. ↗

— Thomas Hood

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A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#certain #certainly #human #human race #portion

A moment's thinking is an hour in words. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#moment #thinking #words

'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. ↗

— Thomas Hood

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Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes in rime. ↗

— Thomas Hood

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