James Fenimore Cooper Quotes
Best 15 The Last of the Mohicans Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans Quotes
“And am I answerable that thoughtless and unprincipled men exist whose shades of contenance may resemble mine?”
“Chingachgook grasped the hand that, in the warmth of feeling, the scout had stretched across the fresh earth, and in that attitude of friendship these intrepid woodsmen bowed their heads together, while scalding tears fell to their feet, watering the grave of Uncas like drops of falling rain.”
“Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!”
“History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.”
“I've heard it said that there are men who read in books to convince themselves there is a God. I know not but man may so deform his works in the settlements, as to leave that which is so clear in the wilderness a matter of doubt among traders and priests.”
“Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it?”
“It should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed.”
“My day has been too long. In the morning I saw the sons of the Unamis happy and strong; and yet, before the sun has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans.”
“No! You stay alive! Submit, do you hear? You're strong, you survive. You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you.”
“Nothing but vast wisdom and onlimited power should dare sweep men off in multitudes, for it is only the one that can know the necessity of the judgement; and what is there short of the other, that can replace the creatures of the Lord?”
“The gifts of our colors may be different, but God has so placed us as to journey in the same path.”
“The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; while the more practiced veteran made his arrangements with a deliberation that scorned every appearance of haste”
“Tis a strange calling, to go through life, like a catbird, mocking all the ups and downs that may happen to come out of other men’s throats.”
“You are young, and rich, and have friends, and at such an age I know it is hard to die!”
“Your young white, who gathers his learning from books and can measure what he knows by the page, may conceit that his knowledge, like his legs, outruns that of his fathers’, but, where experience is the master, the scholar is made to know the value of years, and respects them accordingly.”
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