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The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.

Bayard Taylor

And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.
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Pain Sea Wind
The clouds are scudding across the moon, A misty light is on the sea; The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune, And the foam is flying free.
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Clouds Light Moon
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
Love is better than Fame.
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Better Fame Love
Peace the offspring is of Power.
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Offspring Peace
The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.
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Courage Daring Engagement
London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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Atmosphere Country World
The stream from Wisdom’s well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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Streams Wells Wisdom
Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth’s prolific lap.
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Earth Rain Sap
I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
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Love Old Shall You
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
The loving are the daring.
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Daring Engagement Love
The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.
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Half Repentance Sin
He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
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Experience Heart Men
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
Love’s humility is love’s true pride.
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Humility Love Pride True

The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.

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