A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at...

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance...

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner...

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those...

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say...

Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say...

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...