Quotes by Joaquin Miller

“Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, batterd and black, as from a thousand battles, hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.”

“O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive us, Yet first to repent and regret”

“All honor to him who shall win the prize,The world has cried for a thousand years;But to him who tries and fails and dies,I give great honor and glory and tears.”

“Is it worthwhile that we jostle a brother, Bearing his load on the rough road of life? Is it worthwhile that we jeer at each other, In blackness of heart - that we war to the knife? God pity us all in our pitiful strife”

“Let us go and talk with the poets. (on arriving in San Francisco)”

“That man who lives for self alone - lives for the meanest mortal known”

“The soul that feeds on books alone --/ I count that soul exceeding small / That lives alone by book and creed, --/ A soul that has not learned to read.”

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot I do not dare to draw a line Between the two where God has not.

But to him who tries and fails and dies I give great honor and glory and tears.

The biggest dog has been a pup.

The bravest battle that ever was fought Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not It was fought by the mothers of men.

Brave admiral say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone? The words leapt like a leaping sword: Sail on! sail on! and on!

That man who lives for self alone Lives for the meanest mortal known.