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Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote. (James Russell Lowell)
His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle. View quote
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The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by the few Nothing to court in Church, or World, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great. View quote
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If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book,and that is a book honestly come by. View quote
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The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. View quote
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In Lifes small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Knowst thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when shell say to thee, I find thee worthy do this deed for me. View quote
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In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing. View quote
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It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century. View quote
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Great truths are portions of the soul of man Great souls are portions of eternity. View quote
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Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction. View quote
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Be noble, and the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own. (James Russell Lowell)
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion,emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy. View quote
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Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best. View quote
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No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will And blessed are the horny hands of toil. View quote
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Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it We are happy now because God wills it. View quote
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Of my merit On thet pint you yourself may jedge All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge. View quote
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Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever! View quote
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The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod, Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to God. View quote
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Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation. View quote
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Under the yaller pines I house, When sunshine makes 'em all sweet-scented, An' hear among their furry boughs The baskin' west-wind purr contented. View quote
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When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp. (James Russell Lowell)
All kin' o' smily round the lips, An' teary round the lashes. View quote
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You've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. View quote
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My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow: Don't never prophesy - onless ye know. View quote
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Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold. View quote
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