Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
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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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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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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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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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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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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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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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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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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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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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