George Pope Morris Quotes

United States, Editor
October 10, 1802 – July, 6, 1864.

George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the daily New York Evening Mirror by merging his fledgling weekly New York Mirror with Willis's American Monthly in August 1831.

Also known as Poet

You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.

George Pope Morris
- Desire
- Learned
- Labor
Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago!

George Pope Morris
- Lake
- Willow
- Drooped

We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.

George Pope Morris
- True
- Esteem
- Swims
The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!

George Pope Morris
- Hands
- Union
- Lands
A laughing fool ... seems born for nothing but to show his teeth.

George Pope Morris
- Fool
- Born
- Laughing
Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.

George Pope Morris
Law has been called a bottomless pit, not so much because of its depth, as that its windings are so obscure nobody can see the end.

George Pope Morris
- Law
- Obscure
- Winding
It made and preserves us a nation.

George Pope Morris
- Nation
- Preserves

It appears to me that strong sense and acute sensibility together constitute genius.

George Pope Morris
- Genius
- Sense
- Sensibility
A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

George Pope Morris
- Learning
- Rain
- Cloud