James Ellis
James Ellis
James "Jimmy" Ellis was a Northern Irish actor and stage director with a career stretching over sixty years...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 March 1931
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
home humble men
Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and his future life throws a lustre over an humble birth, the reward will not only be great, but his name will stand higher on the roll of honor and virtue, than he who can only boast of his proud descent.
government hands justice
Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.
ambition men blessing
To the lazy man the world appears bereft of all blessings; if poor, he has no friends; if rich, he has no ambition; he aims at nothing, and generally hits his mark.
hymns lows
The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.
garden literature
Literature is the garden of wisdom.
morning twilight dark
Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.
mind painting paint
The mind paints before the brush.
heart sin remorse
There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.
practice accomplishment important
Among all the accomplishments of life none are so important as refinement; it is not, like beauty, a gift of Nature, and can only be acquired by cultivation and practice.
mirrors world newspapers
Newspapers are the world's mirrors.
taken book honey
Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them.
party voice people
The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.
natural-talent office seeking
Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.
yesterday chance neglect
The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.