In the long run, men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.
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I came to love my rows, my beans, though so many more than I wanted. They attached me to the earth, and so I got strength like Antaeus.Henry David Thoreau
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The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode
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You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.
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We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven.
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