It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

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...

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

Resolve and thou art free.

Resolve and thou art free.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

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...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

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.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years...

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.