The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.

Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while...

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment; there is no fate in the world...

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...

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such...

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such...

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...

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...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

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,...

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...

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

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

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...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...