The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWLike a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
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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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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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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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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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There 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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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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