There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWOnly 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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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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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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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
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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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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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The human voice is the organ of the soul.
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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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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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As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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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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