There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
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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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Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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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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By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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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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There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret,
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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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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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