The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

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...

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

A thought often makes us hotter than a fire.

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...

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...

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't...

A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't...

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

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...

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and...

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;...

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow...

If we will deny the longing of love, we will lose even the last address...

If we will deny the longing of love, we will lose even the last address...

If you don't receive love from the ones who are meant to love you, you...

If you don't receive love from the ones who are meant to love you, you...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...