Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWI 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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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,
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When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
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Men 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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Evil is only good perverted.
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It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
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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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Talk not of wasted affection – affection never was wasted.
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Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning – an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.
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Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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