As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIt is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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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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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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