Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWLives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
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The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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