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Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,But never...more

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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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A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

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And in despair I bowed my head;"There is no peace on earth," I said;"For hate is strong,And mocks the songOf peace on earth, good-will to men!"Then pe...more

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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

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Think of your woods and orchards without birds!Of empty nests that cling to boughs and beamsAs in an idiot's brain remembered wordsHang empty 'mid the...more

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Music is the universal language of mankind.

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

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No one is so accursed by fate No one so utterly desolate But some heart though unknown Responds unto his own.

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

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Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out...more

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

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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

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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