20 Quotes & Sayings By George Moore

George Moore was born in New York City on October 14, 1852. He attended St. John’s College and graduated with the highest honors of his class. He then studied law at Columbia University and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1875 Read more

After passing the bar exam, he returned to St. John’s to teach Latin and Greek, but after his third year there, he left for a year to study medicine with Dr. A.

R. Mackey at New York University Medical School, but never continued his medical studies after that year. In 1878, Moore returned to St.

John’s as a professor of Greek and Latin and remained there until his death in 1936. In 1886, he wrote his first book, The Romans in Spain: A Brief Account of Spanish History from the Earliest Times to the End of the Umayyad Period (1887), which was awarded best history book of 1888 by the American Historical Association. His next book was a biography titled A Story of New York City: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (1893) which won him high praise from the New York Times Book Review.

In 1896, Moore published a work describing how Jesus Christ saved mankind from sin called The Atonement: Its Cause and Its Purpose (1896). In 1899 he published The Life Story of Jesus Christ (1900), which was awarded best religious book of the year by the American Book Company. In 1914, Moore published a book describing how Jesus Christ created man called The Creative Will: Its Origin and Development (1914).

In 1917 he published a biography titled The Lives of Robert E. Lee: Leader in War and Peace (1917), which won him high praise from The American News Magazine. That same year he also published a work titled Darwin: Founder of Evolution: How He Discovered It and Proved It (1917).

In 1921 he published a work titled Charles Sanders Peirce: His Life and Work (1921) which won him high praise from Scientific American Magazine. In 1925 he published another book titled Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall (1925), which won him high praise from The Literary Digest Magazine.

A man travels the world over in search of what...
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A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore
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Who can say for certain that he is sincere, who can say for certain that he believes? In the midst of of our deepest emotions we are acting a comedy with ourselves; within us one self is always mocking another self. - priscilla and emily lofte George Moore
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We live in our desires rather than in our achievements George Moore
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Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells! George Moore
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The difficulty of life is in the choice. George Moore
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So long as one does not despair so long as one doesn't look upon life bitterly things work out fairly well in the end. George Moore
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Tis the last rose of summer. Left blooming alone. George Moore
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Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. George Moore
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After all there is but one race - humanity. George Moore
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A literary movement consists of five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other cordially. George Moore
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But there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream. George Moore
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The harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. George Moore
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The moment we pass out of our habits we lose all sense of permanency and routine. George Moore
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Ireland is a fatal disease fatal to Englishmen and doubly fatal to Irishmen. George Moore
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All reformers are bachelors. George Moore
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No place in England where everyone can go is considered respectable. George Moore
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A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore
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The time I've lost in wooing In watching and pursuing The light that lies In woman's eyes Has been my heart's undoing. George Moore
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This world is all a fleeting show For man's illusion given The smiles of joy the tears of woe Deceitful shine deceitful flow - There's nothing true but Heaven. George Moore