Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylorwas an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 January 1825
CityKennett Square, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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Walking at random through the streets, we came by chance upon the Cathedral of Notre Dame. I shall long remember my first impression of the scene within. The lofty gothic ceiling arched far above my head and through the stained windows the light came but dimly - it was all still, solemn and religious.
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The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history.
Verily there is nothing in all Europe so beautiful as Valldemosa.
people
The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.
people success
People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.
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Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.
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The view of the Rocky Mountains from the Divide near Kiowa Creek is considered one of the finest in Colorado.
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Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.
people observation
To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.
perfection unattainable aim
The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.
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The Poet's leaves are gathered one by one, In the slow process of the doubtful years.
ignorance learning fire
Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.
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So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici.
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Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses