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"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."

"Sadly as some old mediaeval knightGazed at the arms he could no longer wield,The sword two-handed and the shining shieldSuspended in the hall, and full in sight,While secret longings for the lost delightOf tourney or adventure in the fieldCame over him, and tears but half concealedTrembled and fell upon his beard of white,So I behold these books upon their shelf,My ornaments and arms of other days;Not wholly useless, though no longer used,For they remind me of my other self,Younger and stronger, and the pleasant waysIn which I walked, now clouded and confused."

"A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain."
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