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The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by...
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
Source: In...
He that strives to touch the stars oft stumbles at a straw.
Source: In The...
Sweete Themmes! runne softly, till I end my Song.
Source: Prothalamion.
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain...
In a mind all logic is like a knife blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
Source: In The...
The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.
Source: In The...
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of his tail.
Source: Stray...
The nature of all men is so formed that they see and discriminate in the affairs of others, much better than in their...
True wisdom consists not in seeing what is immediately before our eyes, but in foreseeing what is to...
How often events, by chance, and quite unexpectedly, come to pass, which you had not dared even to hope...
This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.
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Fortune favors the brave.
Source: Phormio.
-- Terence, ( BC 195-159), Roman...
It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.
Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and...
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Source: In Wisdom...
To be accurate, write; to remember, write; to know thine own mind, write.
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He who does not tire, tires adversity.
Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...