The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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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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He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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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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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
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The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.
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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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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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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 thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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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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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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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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