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> [Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/life-will-be-lengthened-while-growing-for-thought-is-the-measure-of/)

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## More by Charles Godfrey Leland

> [But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/but-as-old-swedish-legends-say-of-all-the-birds-upon-that-day-the/)

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> [Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/up-rose-the-wild-old-winter-king-and-shook-his-beard-of-snow-i-hear/)

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> [The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/the-lord-of-learning-who-upraised-mankind-from-being-silent-brutes-to/)

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> [Sweet music! sacred tongue of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/sweet-music-sacred-tongue-of-god/)

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> [“If this be the manner in which Italian witchcraft is treated by the most intelligent writer who has depicted it, it will not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/if-this-be-the-manner-in-which-italian-witchcraft-is-treated-by-the/)

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> [Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/among-the-flowers-no-perfume-is-like-mine-that-which-is-best-in-me/)

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> [“Count ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS once remarked to one of the most distinguished English statesmen that there was in the country in Tuscany ten times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/count-angelo-de-gubernatis-once-remarked-to-one-of-the-most/)

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> [They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/they-saw-a-dream-of-loveliness-descending-from-the-train/)

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> [“The growth of Sentiment is the increase of suffering; man is never entirely miserable until he finds out how wronged he is and fancies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/the-growth-of-sentiment-is-the-increase-of-suffering-man-is-never/)

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> [Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/life-will-be-lengthened-while-growing-for-thought-is-the-measure-of/)

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> [To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/to-paradise-the-arabs-say-satan-could-never-find-the-way-until-the/)

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> [The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/the-brave-deserve-the-lovely-every-woman-may-be-won/)

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> [Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/jas-in-the-arab-language-is-despair-and-min-the-darkest-meaning-of-a/)

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> [If all the world must see the world As the world the world hath seen, Then it were better for the world That the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/if-all-the-world-must-see-the-world-as-the-world-the-world-hath-seen/)

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> [Time fleeth on, Youth soon is gone, Naught earthly may abide; Life seemeth fast, But may not last-- It runs as runs the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-godfrey-leland/time-fleeth-on-youth-soon-is-gone-naught-earthly-may-abide-life/)

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