Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
GEORGE ELIOTMuch of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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