As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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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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Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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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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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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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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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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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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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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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
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