There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIn character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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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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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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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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I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
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It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
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Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
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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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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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