There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
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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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
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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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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Resolve and thou art free.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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