Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore...

He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore...

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men...

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical...

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

Resolve and thou art free.

Resolve and thou art free.