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- Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds.
- One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow…
- The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are contemplating the same…
- If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf…
- Let us first be as simple and well as Nature ourselves, dispel the clouds which hang over our brows, and take up a little life…
- You know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be told. A look, a gesture, an act, which to everybody else…
- This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing…
- It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name,…
- True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments…
- Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower into a truth.
- In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime,…
- One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense.
- What is the singing of birds, or any natural sound, compared with the voice of one we love.
- As a snow-drift is formed where there is a lull in the wind, so, one would say, where there is a lull of truth, an…
- I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite -…
- Oh to reach the point of death and realize one has not lived at all.
- As for style of writing, if one has anything to say, it drops from him simply and directly, as a stone falls to the ground.
- He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior as…
- Four things to think about. 1. Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. 2. Let your…
- I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
- Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love; and in proportion to our truthfulness and confidence in one another, our lives are divine and…
- So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we…
- Nature must be viewed humanly to be viewed at all; that is, her scenes must be associated with humane affections, such as are associated with…
- As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.
- There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.
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