Beauty is but a flower,Which wrinkles will devour;Brightness falls from the air;Queens have died young and fair;Dust hath closed Helen's read more

Beauty is but a flower,Which wrinkles will devour;Brightness falls from the air;Queens have died young and fair;Dust hath closed Helen's eye.I am sick, I must die;Lord have mercy on us. - Song in Time of Pestilence.

After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

An understanding heart is everything is a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to read more

An understanding heart is everything is a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.