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He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.

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What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.

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I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.

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The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

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Exuberance is beauty.

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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

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Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.

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Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

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Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.

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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

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Lives in eternity's sun rise.

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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

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One thought fills immensity.

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Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.

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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

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I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!

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To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.

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