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 LONGFELLOWLook not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.
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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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It is a beautiful trait in the lover’s character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.
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A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
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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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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.
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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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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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