As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

Every person born into this world their work is born with them.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

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

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

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.

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

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...

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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

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

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

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

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell...

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell...

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...

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...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at...

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps...

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps...