Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

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

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

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...

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

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...

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.

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...

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

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,...

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

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

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

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 is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on...

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on...

Love comes unseen; we only see it go.

Love comes unseen; we only see it go.