"Does not all the blood within me Leap to meet thee, leap to meet thee, As the springs to meet the sunshine."
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"Some critics are like chimney-sweepers; they put out the fire below, and frighten the swallows from their nests above; they scrape a long time in the chimney, cover themselves with soot, and bring nothing away but a bag of cinders, and then sing from the top of the house as if they had built it."
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"Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues."
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"Art is the child of Nature."
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"It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life."
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"Taste the joy That springs from labor."
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"The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return."
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"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!"
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"So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest."
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"Oh the long and dreary Winter! Oh the cold and cruel Winter!"
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"Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires."
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"The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!"
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"A boy's will is the wind's will, and the thought's of youth are long, long thoughhts"
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"He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man."
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"Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger."
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"I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it."
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"Tis always morning somewhere."
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"And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters"
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"Sang in tones of deep emotion Songs of love and songs of longing."
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"I will be a man among men; and no longer a dreamer among shadows. Henceforth be mine a life of action and reality! I will work in my own sphere, nor wish it other than it is. This alone is health and happiness."
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