A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
adversity night dawn
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
affection talk
For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
children heart words child hard
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
man enjoy city security sweet feel affection safe streets great
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
defeat triumph
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
life enemies history suffering sorrow secret find enemy read
Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest!
friendship friends offer
Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
health door repose joy nose
Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart and not the brain That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest.
rest heart brain hand
Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
life art soul real goal grave dust
Love gives itself; it is not bought.
love
The counterfeit and counterpart Of Nature reproduced in art.
nature art
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
people success small ambitions succeed things great
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