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“Ah! life grows lovely where you are; / Only to think of you gives light / To my dark heart; within whose night / Your image, though you hide afar, / Glows like a lake-reflected star.”
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“When one clings to the myth of innate superiority, one must constantly overlook the virtues and abilities of others.”
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“When there is a river in your growing up, you probably always hear it.”
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“O God, let me not say, 'Thine the power, glory be to God!' whilst thou dost, waiting, listen for me to say, 'Mine the power, glory be to God!'”
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“Shipwreck in youth is sorrowful enough, but one looks for storms at the spring equinox. Yet it is the September equinox that drowns.”
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“The austere principles of tact tell the tongue to keep away from the aching thought.”
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“To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted ...”
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“It isn't the initial cost of a lie, it is the upkeep which counts so terribly.”