Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
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Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.
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Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave.
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Pride ruined the angels.
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