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,
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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In character, in manner, 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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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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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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Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
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Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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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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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
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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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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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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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