Quotes by Choate, Rufus




Rufus Choate (October 1, 1799 - July 13, 1859), American lawyer and orator, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, the descendant of a family which settled in Massachusetts in 1667; brother of noted physician George Choate, and uncle to George C. S. Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate. Rufus Choate's birthplace, Choate House, remains virtually unchanged to this day..

"A book is the only immortality."

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"Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love for reading."

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"We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution. "

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