Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts u…Percy Bysshe ShelleyWrite now →Details & source
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The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.Ralph Waldo EmersonWrite now →Details & source
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O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side!William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
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A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.William ShakespeareWrite now →Details & source
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The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like [the wrong-doer].Marcus AureliusWrite now →Details & source
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Alas! it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half the leaves from the Book of Human Life to light the …Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWrite now →Details & source
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I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear.Percy Bysshe ShelleyWrite now →Details & source
That best portion of a good man's life,— His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.William WordsworthWrite now →Details & source