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The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

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And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.

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It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.

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When sparrows build and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries.

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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.

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Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

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I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

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How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven's pale candles stored.

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A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

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And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.

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Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

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Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

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There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

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He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.

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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

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Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

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Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

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