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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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

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

Art is long, and Time is fleeting

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present,...

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...

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

Youth comes but once in a lifetime

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

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.

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

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

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love,...

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love,...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

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...

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.