Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
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The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.James Russell Lowell
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
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Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.
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Every person born into this world their work is born with them.
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Whoever can endure unmixed delight, whoever can tolerate music and painting and poetry all in one, whoever wishes to be rid of thought and to let the busy anvils of the brain be silent for a time, let him read in the 'Faery Queen.'
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A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.
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