Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when...

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when...

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited...

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each...

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.

He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore...

He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore...

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

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

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

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

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

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...

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.