Top 10 Quotes by George Pope Morris

You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.

You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world.

Desire, World, Wealthy

We esteem in the world those who do not merit our esteem, and neglect persons of true worth; but the world is like the ocean--the pearl is in its depths, the seaweed swims.

George Pope Morris

Ocean, Swim, Depth

Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.

George Pope Morris

Inspiring, Tree, Youth

"Woodman, Spare That Tree" l. 1 (1830) See Thomas Campbell 2

A man of learning who makes no use of what he knows, is like a cloud which gives no rain.

George Pope Morris

Rain, Learning, Men

The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!

George Pope Morris

Heart, Lakes, Hands

George Pope Morris, Horace Binney Wallace, Maria Edgeworth (1860). “Poems of George P. Morris: With a Memoir of the Author”, p.68