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My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.: Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964), "Some notes on my poetry" Collected Poems, 1957
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No instance exists of a person's writing two languages perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him in his youth.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.: William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
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Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.: Paul Eldridge
It is said that if Noah's ark had had to be built by a company; they would not have laid the keel yet; and it may be so. What is many men's business is nobody's business. The greatest things are accomplished by individual men.: Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others.: Francois de Fenelon (1651 - 1715)
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Whenever I hear people talking about "liberal ideas," I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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