As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWBy 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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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
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Evil is only good perverted.
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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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It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.
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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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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
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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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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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Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
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Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
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