Great orators who are not also great writers become very in… - Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was a poet and novelist born in Portsmouth, USA.

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Alternative Names: Thomas B. Aldrich • Thomas Aldrich

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A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Or light or dark, or short or tall,
She sets a springe to snare them all:
All's one to her—above her fan
She'd make sweet eyes at Caliban.

Great orators who are not also great writers become very indistinct shadows to the generations following them. The spell vanishes with the voice. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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