William Gilmore Simms Quote

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living principle. Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.


Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside (ed. 1853)


Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living ...

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living ...

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living ...

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living ...