In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWWhenever 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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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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Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
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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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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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Love gives itself; it is not bought.
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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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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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In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Only 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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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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Resolve and thou art free.
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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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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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