The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWMan is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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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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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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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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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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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
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Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night’s repose.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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