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/ page 630 of 1205 /Give me the free and poor inheritance, Of our own kind, not furniture, Of education, or the prophet's pose, The general cause of words, the hero's stance, The ambitions incommensurable with flesh.
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I have gone forward with Some, a few lonely some. They have fallen to death. I die with them.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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I shall lie folded like a saint, Lapped in a scented linen sheet,...
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That spring, briefer than apple-blossom's breath, Summer, so much too beautiful to stay,...
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Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
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This is the law of the Yukon, that only the Strong shall thrive; That surely the Weak shall perish, and only the Fit survive.
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Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
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Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.
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Ah! the clock is always slow; It is later than you think.
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A promise made is a debt unpaid.
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It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
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No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.
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It's a different song when everything's wrong, when you're feeling infernally mortal; when it's ten against one, and hope there is none, buck up, little soldier, and chortle.
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I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new.
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His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.
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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
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Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
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Truth never was indebted to a lie.
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