For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

John Greenleaf Whittier
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  3. There are many things which can not be expressed by words. There are many words which can not be spelled by human tongue. There are many tongues which utter one single truth. - Toba Beta

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More Quotes By John Greenleaf Whittier
  1. Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.

  2. So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature’s geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon a...

  3. The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

  4. The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.

  5. Methinks I see the sunset light flooding the river valley, the western hills stretching to the horizon, overhung with trees gorgeous and glowing with the tints of autumn -- a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.

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