Quote by: John Greenleaf Whittier

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Greenleaf Whittier
  • DescriptionAmerican Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery
  • BornDecember 17, 1807
  • DiedSeptember 7, 1892
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet