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Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

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Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.

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Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates and destinies, of time and eternity - everyday life married to the timeless mysteries of the soul.

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And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

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Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

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On my velvet couch reclining, Ivy leaves my brow entwining, While my soul expands with glee, What are kings and crowns to me?

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Eyes of most unholy blue!

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And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.

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Steals timidly away, shrinking as violets do in summer's ray.

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Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.

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Yet, who can help loving the land that has taught us Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs?

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Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.

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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

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While mantling on the maiden's cheek Young roses kindled into thought.

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Came but for friendship, and took away love.

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Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of al evil, the sum of all blessings.

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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

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Our lives are like a candle in the wind.

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I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.

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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.

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