Those are a success who have lived well, laughed often, and loved much who have gained the respect of intelligent people and the love of children, who have filled their niche and accomplished their task, who leave the world better than they found it, whether by a perfect poem or a rescued soul who never lacked appreciation of the earth's beauty or failed to express it who looked for the best in others and gave the best they had.
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I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Be and not seem.
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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Every thing is beautiful seen from the point of the intellect, or as truth. But all is sour if seen as experience.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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