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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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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 w...more

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Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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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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Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream!

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Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.

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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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I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart

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As Unto the bow the the cord is ,So unto the man is woman;Though she bends him, she obeys him,Though she draws him , yet she follows:Useless each with...more

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Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;Thy fate is the common fate of all,Into each life some rain must fa...more

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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life, we pass...more

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It is the mystery of the unknownThat fascinates us; we are children stillWayward and wistful; with one hand we clingTo the familiar things we call our...more

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Tell me not in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,And things are not what they seem.

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Tell me not in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!For the soul is dead that slumbers,And things are not what they seem.Life is real! Life is ...more

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Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.