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Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.
Much in sorrow, oft in woe, Onward, Christians, onward go.
My designs and labors and aspirations are my only friends.
Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.
Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom
Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.
For this beauty, beauty without strength, chokes out life.
Light threatens, is active, is gone, so it is with a song.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
O sweet solace of labors. [Lat., O laborum Dulce lenimen.]
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.
A man polished to the nail. [Lat., Ad unguem factus home.]
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together.
Love is so simple. [Fr., C'est tellement simple, l'amour.]
What I want is to be willing to fail rather than stagnate.
Like streams that keep a summer mind Snow-hid in Jenooary.
A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it.
This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
Time-awareness does indeed watermark my books and my life.
Without big words, how could many people say small things?
Childhood knows what it wants - to leave childhood behind.
The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
Summer specializes in time, slows it down almost to dream.
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling.
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.
Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision
Ah, words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away.
To convey one’s mood in seventeen syllables is very diffic
I'd like to be rich, but without all the downside of fame.
Being unapologetic means never having to say you're sorry.
I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov'd?
He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.