The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.
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Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.James Russell Lowell
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Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.
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I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.
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There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded.
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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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