John Augustus Shedd

144px|thumb|right|A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. John Augustus Shedd (1859 – 1928) was an American author and professor. In 1928 he wrote "Salt from My Attic". Quotes A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. Salt from My Attic (1928), The Mosher Press, Portland, Maine, p. 20; cited in Stevenson's Book of Quotations, Ninth Edition (1958), London: Cassell. By Burton Stevenson, p. 1754. He who thanks but with the lips, thanks but in part; the full, the true thanksgiving comes from the heart. Salt from My Attic (1928), The Mosher Press, Portland, Maine; cited in The Yale Book of Quotations (2006) ed. Fred R. Shapiro, p. 705; there are numerous variants of this expression. Category:Authors from the United States Category:1859 births Category:1928 deaths Category:Articles with no corresponding English Wikipedia article