We figure to ourselves The thing we like and then we build it up, As chance will have it, on the rock or sand, For thought is tired of wandering o'er the world, And homebound Fancy runs her bark ashore.
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Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.Henry Taylor
Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world, Vanish like lightning, but they leave behind A voice that in the distance far away Wakens the slumbering ages.
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Where there are large powers with little ambition, nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
Henry Taylor
We understand for us it's a privilege just to be able to play Section 1 basketball. Our kids realize this, and we let them know from the beginning of the season. They know they can't go out there and cause trouble. For our kids I'm just speaking for us they know if there are any incidents, there's going to be more consequences to face. And we haven't had a problem since we started this thing.
Henry Taylor
The world knows nothing of its greatest men.
Henry Taylor
Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others.
Henry Taylor
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