Facts about Thomas W. Higginson

Occup.Clergyman
FromUSA
Died1911

Summary

Thomas W. Higginson was a famous Clergyman from USA.

Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Thomas, under the main topic Humor.

7 Famous quotes by Thomas W. Higginson

Small: Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges
"Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges"
Small: Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes
"Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes"
Small: Fields are won by those who believe in the winning
"Fields are won by those who believe in the winning"
Small: Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddl
"Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear"
Small: The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the c
"The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds"
Small: There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor
"There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor"
Small: When a thought takes ones breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence
"When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence"