In ancient Boeotia brides were carried home in vehicles whose wheels were — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The most fertile soil does not necessarily produce the most abundant harvest. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
In our methodical American life, we still recognize some magic in summer. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
All… religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year! — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
How much that the world calls selfishness is only generosity with narrow — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The Englishman’s strong point is his vigorous insularity; that of the American — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
That genius is feeble which cannot hold its own before the masterpieces of the world. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Only yonder magnificent pine-tree… holds her unchanging beauty throughout the year, like — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Genius is lonely without the surrounding presence of a people to inspire it. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
When a thought takes one’s breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson