William Gilmore Simms Quotes

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

William Gilmore Simms

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• Men are separated by so many petty things.

  

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• When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.

  

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• I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.

  

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• If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

  

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• Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

  

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• We go on dates thinking that person is our future husband or wife, without getting to know them, as we live in a fantasy and an illusion of romance.

  

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• The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

  

  William Gilmore Simms
  • Men
  • Wisdom
  • Fool