Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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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There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
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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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Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.
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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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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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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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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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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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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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