The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness...

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...

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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...

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

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

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...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

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

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

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.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

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,...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine...

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.