The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
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Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor’s nose.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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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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For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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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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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
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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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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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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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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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Into each life some rain must fall.
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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
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