Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThere are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret,
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Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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