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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.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
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Build Strong Sure Today
The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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Art Counterfeit Counterpart Nature Reproduce
Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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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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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Bruise Child From Hard Heart Jacket Mend Soon Work
People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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Demand Fredon No People Power When
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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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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Army Author Challenge Critic Every Grand New Newspaper Sentence Station
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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Bead Crow Drop Golden Hand Kill Manage Near Passer Snake
It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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Already Disappoint Foolish Pretend Recover Scar Woind
However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
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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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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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Brought Give Itself Love Nit

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