The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
BAYARD TAYLORWrapped in his sad-colored cloak, the Day, like a Puritan, standeth Stern in the joyless fields, rebuking the lingering color,– Dying hectic of leaves and the chilly blue of the asters,– Hearing, perchance, the croak of a crow on the desolate tree-top.
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And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
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I know I am–that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.
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An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.
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In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.
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Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come back upon the mind with irresistible force.
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The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it’s unattainable, all the same.
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Mock jewelry on a woman is tangible vulgarity.
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The stream from Wisdom’s well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows – the south and east oriels – are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.
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From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.
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Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.
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Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
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Labor, you know, is prayer.
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Peace the offspring is of Power.
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To learn by observation is traveling, people must also bring knowledge with them.
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