Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWIn character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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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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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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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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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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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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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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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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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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Resolve and thou art free.
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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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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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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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