Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1891 — Notable Quotations and Their Authors. [ARTICLE]

Notable Quotations and Their Authors.

“Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle,” said Michael Angelo. “He jests at scars who never felt a wound,” wrote Shakspeare. “Pain must wear itself out if not fuel'd by sin,” occurs in “Lucile.” “This world is but the rugged road that leads to the bright abode of peace above,” tells Longfellow. It is Meredith who says, “Folly soon wears his shoes out; he dances so fast.” “A single talent makes a very imperfect character,” says Alcott.