Skip to content

There are hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the place of their self-content;
There are souls like stars that dwell apart,
In a fellowless firmament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths
Where highways never ran,—
But let me live by the side of the road,
And be a friend to man.

— Sam Walter Foss

Another quote →

More quotes by Sam Walter Foss

Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.

The sweet mellifluous milking of the cow.

Strew gladness on the paths of men—
You will not pass this way again.

I say the very things that make the greatest Stir
An' the most interestin' things, are things that did n't occur.

There are purple grapes in the Land of Git-Thare.

All Sam Walter Foss quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Sam Walter Foss (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.