Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWe judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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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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Into each life some rain must fall.
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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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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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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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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.
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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
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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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