A library implies an act of faith.

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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!