Fate loves the fearless.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

Heaven is neither here nor there to me. Everywhere and nowhere. Just not in between,...

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is...

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is...

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but...

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

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...

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Light is the symbol of truth.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

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...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto...

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...

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.