It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

Quote by Henry Van Dyke

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Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage

Genius is talent set on fire by courage

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of...

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another....

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another....

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never...

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never...

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the...

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the...

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Love is not getting, but giving

Love is not getting, but giving

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang...

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death...

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death...

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is...

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is...

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched...

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched...