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"What discord we should bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered. Then we should govern the world and not God. And do you think we should govern it better? It gives me only pain when I hear the long, wearisome petitions of people asking for they know not what. . . . Thanks-giving with a full heart-and the rest silence and submission to the divine will!"
"There are things of which I may not speak; There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring a pallor into the cheek, And a mist before the eye."
"The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one."
"The Wreck of the Hesperus But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he."
"Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!"
"Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe."
"It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved."
"Age is opportunity no less than youth itself."
"If we could read the secret history of our enemies."
"Art is long, and Time is fleeting."
"O Music! language of the soul, Of love, of God to man; Bright beam from heaven thrilling, That lightens sorrow's weight."
"The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable."
"If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all the hearts to behold the miraculous change."
"The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight."
"They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest."
"I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets."
"Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory."
"Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm."
"In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer."
"It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar."