George Edward Woodberry
George Edward Woodberry
George Edward Woodberry, Litt. D., LL. D.was an American literary critic and poet...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
CountryUnited States of America
altar blood dance days frame god leader less life men name passion phrase poet poetic rude victor
From the beginning, about the rude altar of the god, to the days of Goethe, of Leopardi, and of Victor Hugo, the poet is the leader in the dance of life; and the phrase by which we name his singularity, the poetic temperament, denotes the primacy of that passion in his blood with which the frame of other men is less richly charged.
barbarous crumbling dying enrich great hill inherit itself lower race rubbish soil spending stored treasure
Always, some great culture is dying to enrich the soil of new harvests, some civlization is crumbling to rubbish to be the hill of a more beautiful city, some race is spending itself that a lower and more barbarous world may inherit its stored treasure house.
friendship communication yield
I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service.
cities names liberty
You may name a bronze statue 'Liberty,' or a painted figure in a city hall 'Commerce,' or a marble form in a temple 'Athene' or 'Venus;' but what is really there is only a representation of a single woman.
independent expression genius
A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language as of the bonds of metre.
nature doe sensible
Always begin anew with the day, just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does.
faithful excellence desire
To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and value ... surely that is to lead the noble life.
helping-others people care
The sense that someone else cares always helps because it is the sense of love.
morning boss next
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.