William Gilmore Simms Quotes

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The apothegm is the most portable form of Truth. - William Gilmore Simms quote.
The apothegm is the most portable form of Truth.
Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities, we gain only as we give. - William Gilmore Simms quote.
Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities, we gain only as we give.
— William Gilmore Simms
It is said that a man who admits the possession of a secret, has already half revealed it. - William Gilmore Simms quote.
It is said that a man who admits the possession of a secret, has already half revealed it.
— William Gilmore Simms
No error of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them. - William Gilmore Simms quote.
No error of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.
— William Gilmore Simms
The temperate are the most truly luxurious. By abstaining from most things, it is surprising how many things we enjoy. - William Gilmore Simms quote.
The temperate are the most truly luxurious. By abstaining from most things, it is surprising how many things we enjoy.
— William Gilmore Simms
The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly expended in the air. - William Gilmore Simms quote.
The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly expended in the air.

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