Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands...

Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man's enemies will soon fold their hands...

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Into each life some rain must fall.

Into each life some rain must fall.

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...

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...

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy...

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining; Thy...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure...

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me...

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me...

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

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.

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing,...

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing,...

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, 'Why...

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find...

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

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