"All that is transitory is but a metaphor."
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"The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete."
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"Experience is only half of experience."
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"Age merely shows what children we remain."
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"Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do."
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"Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments."
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"It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him."
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"A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations."
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"Life is not anything, but an opportunity for something."
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"Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man."
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"Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest."
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"Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding."
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"When ideas fail, words come in very handy."
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"To create something you must be something."
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"Age childish makes, they say, but 'tis not true; We're only genuine children still in Age's season. [Ger., Das Alter macht nicht kindisch, wie man spricht, Es findet uns nur noch als wahre Kinder.]"
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"The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault."
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"The eternal feminine doth draw us upward. [Ger., Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan.]"
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"To be active is the primary vocation of man."
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"There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The latter class reproduces the work of art on which it is engaged. Its numbers are very small."
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"Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain."
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