Quotes & anectdotes from
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the foolish,
the courageous &
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William C. Bryant Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Nov 3, 1794
  • Died: Jun 12, 1878

William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.

Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.

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

The groves were God's first temples.

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

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.