What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

Quote by Robert Bulwer-Lytton

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The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have...

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have...

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking...

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking...

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is...

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is...

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to...

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to...

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man...

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man...

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to...

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to...

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or...

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or...

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself....

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself....