The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something.
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Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.
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Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital.
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What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
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I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent to us which way we walk. There is a right way but we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wro
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