The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. Edwin Hubbel Chapin More Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin More Quotes From Edwin Hubbel Chapin At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. Edwin Hubbel Chapin bravery courage men Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So a man sometimes covers up the entire disk of eternity with a dollar, and quenches transcendent glories with a little shining dust. Edwin Hubbel Chapin dust stars eye A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star. Edwin Hubbel Chapin stars uplifting self-esteem Home is the seminary of all other institutions. Edwin Hubbel Chapin seminary institutions home There is no happiness in life, there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home. Edwin Hubbel Chapin home happiness life Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. Edwin Hubbel Chapin xenophobia diversity justice As for environments, the kingliest being ever born in the flesh lay in a manger. Edwin Hubbel Chapin environment pride flesh Let us not fear that the issues of natural science shall be scepticism or anarchy. Through all God's works there runs a beautiful harmony. The remotest truth in his universe is linked to that which lies nearest the Throne. Edwin Hubbel Chapin god running beautiful Revolution does not insure progress. You may overturn thrones, but what proof that anything better will grow upon the soil? Edwin Hubbel Chapin soil progress growing-up The angels may have wider spheres of action, may have nobler forms of duty; but right with them and with us is one and the same thing. Edwin Hubbel Chapin spheres angel may Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. Edwin Hubbel Chapin signals flags hypocrisy Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive injury. Edwin Hubbel Chapin Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. Edwin Hubbel Chapin Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. Edwin Hubbel Chapin No more important duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. Edwin Hubbel Chapin Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. Edwin Hubbel Chapin your will action life This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man. Edwin Hubbel Chapin vice essential man evil Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. Edwin Hubbel Chapin than fashion desire science