Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWMen 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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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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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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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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Music is the universal language of mankind.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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Therefore 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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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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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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