Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical...

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical...

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the...

The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the...

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...

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

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

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

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

Be still, sad heart! And cease repining; behind the clouds is the sun still shining;...

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...

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers...

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

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.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know

And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish