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Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,-\-\it seemed the whole world, so…

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O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.
The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold is as…
There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance…
Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride carries its…
But all lost things are in the angels' keeping, Love; No past is dead for us, but only sleeping, Love; The years…
Who longest waits most surely wins.
For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,- Weeps like a tired child who had,…
O bees, sweet bees!" I said; "that nearest field Is shining white with fragrant immortelles Fly swiftly there and drain those honey…
One of Dr. Johnson's ingredients of happiness was, "A little less time than you want." That means always to have so many…
O May, sweet-voice one, going thus before, Forever June may pour her warm red wine Of life and passions,--sweeter days are thine!
Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,-\-\it seemed the…

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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of… — Saint Augustine
Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you… — Martin Luther
And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a… — Clinton Scollard
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Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body. — George Santayana
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. — Henry Ward Beecher
Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief. — William Shakespeare
Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is… — R C Sproul
Pity is like a knife, sometimes, and it may pierce one who employs it more shrewdly than the victim it would save. — Edwin Arlington Robinson
The story of Warner Brothers' movie, 'Mildred Pierce,' recounts the enormous and unrewarded sacrifices that a mother (Joan Crawford) makes for her… — Manny Farber
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...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature,… — William Crookes

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