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Love’s humility is love’s true pride.

Bayard Taylor

Fame is what you have taken, / Character’s what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then you begin to live.
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Character Giving Taken
The Poet’s leaves are gathered one by one, In the slow process of the doubtful years.
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Poet Process Years
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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Atmosphere Country World
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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Mind Mountain Past
Peace the offspring is of Power.
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Offspring Peace
And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
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Deeds Prayer Virtuous
By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
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Rich Wealth Wisdom
Swelling in anger or sparkling in glee.
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Glee Ocean Swelling
Life lives only in success.
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Life Live Success
The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it’s unattainable, all the same.
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Aim Perfection Unattainable
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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Desire Fire Wind
And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread.
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Bonfire Poppies Tides
Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of ‘creature comforts,’ a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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Comfort Sea Voyages
The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.
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Annoying Fool Wells
Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth, Is the tender fear of wrong, That never wrongeth.
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Higher Perfect Song
Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.
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Fire Ignorance Learning

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