Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThe greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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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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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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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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Sometimes we may learn more from a man’s errors, than from his virtues.
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Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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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 dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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