We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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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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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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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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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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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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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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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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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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