Quotes by William C. Bryant

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Writer & journalist · American · 1794–1878

American writer & journalist (1794–1878)

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“Eloquence is the poetry of prose.”

“The groves were God's first temples.”

“Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.”

“Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.”

“A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.”

“Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?”

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“The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep tonight.”
— William C. Bryant
Light Sky Moon

“There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. ”
— William C. Bryant
Joy Eye Loving

“The groves were God's first temples.”
— William C. Bryant
God First Temples

“The little windflower, whose just opened eye is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at.”
— William C. Bryant
Eye Blue Spring

“Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.”
— William C. Bryant
Sky Open Go

“Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?”
— William C. Bryant
Find Bring Where

“And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.”
— William C. Bryant
Death Grow Smiles

“Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.”
— William C. Bryant
She Run Her

“A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.”
— William C. Bryant
Marble Sculptor Grows

“Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.”
— William C. Bryant
Art Poetry Thought

“Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.”
— William C. Bryant
Winning Second Place Place

“Eloquence is the poetry of prose.”
— William C. Bryant
Eloquence Prose

“Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.”
— William C. Bryant
Changes World Stable