Quote by Mark Twain
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. – Mark Twain

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If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love. – Mark Twain

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Lord save us all from… a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. – Mark Twain

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A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. – Mark Twain

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So shines the setting sun on adverse skies, and paints a rainbow on the storm. – Isaac Watts

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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. – G.K. Chesterton

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God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas. – Ralph Hodgson

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Rainbows apologize for angry skies. – Sylvia Voirol

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