Thomas W. Higginson – 4 Quotes

4 Quotes by Thomas W. Higginson

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges.

– Thomas W. Higginson

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.

– Thomas W. Higginson

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

– Thomas W. Higginson

When a thought takes one’s breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

– Thomas W. Higginson