James F. Cooper
James F. Cooper
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 September 1789
CountryUnited States of America
warrior blood sight
The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble.
men views media
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
tyrants newspapers tyranny
If the newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own.
cutting sea tree
What will the axemen do, when they have cut their way from sea to sea?
democracy mediocrity tendencies
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
art military preparation
The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; while the more practiced veteran made his arrangements with a deliberation that scorned every appearance of haste
men may unbroken
Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.
fate decay all-things
It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.
time imagination long
On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to fancy that he has lived long; and the history that most abounds in important incidents, soonest assumes the aspect of antiquity.
looks world hard
tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.
years tree may
God planted the seeds of all the trees," continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, "and you see to what a height and shade they have grown! So it is with the Bible. You may read a verse this year, and forget it, and it will come back to you a year hence, when you least expect to remember it.
love hero history
History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.
law names interesting
An interesting fiction... however paradoxical the assertion may appear... addresses our love of truth- not the mere love of facts expressed by true names and dates, but the love of that higher truth, the truth of nature and principals, which is a primitive law of the human mind.
attitude fall rain
Chingachgook grasped the hand that, in the warmth of feeling, the scout had stretched across the fresh earth, and in that attitude of friendship these intrepid woodsmen bowed their heads together, while scalding tears fell to their feet, watering the grave of Uncas like drops of falling rain.