That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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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The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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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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Resolve and thou art free.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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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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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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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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Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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