Would that you could live on the fragrance of the earth, and like an air plant be sustained by the light.
("The Prophet")
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Then my heart looked upon Life of Beauty and said: Thou art all knowledge; enlighten me as to the mystery of Woman.
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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
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When youth
Overtakes me he forgets his toil, and his
Whole life becomes reality of sweet dreams.
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Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
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