As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWTherefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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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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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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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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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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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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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
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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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Resolve and thou art free.
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All things must change to something new, to something strange.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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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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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.
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