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Love is the only thing we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy. Love is a great beautifier. "Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. A little kingdom I possess, Where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find Of governing it well. Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one. I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them. Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. She was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more. Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I many not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead. I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors! I resolved to take Fate by the throat and shake the living out of her. Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy. I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship. Many can argue; not many converse. Debate is masculine; conversation is feminine. I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country; Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystalized spirituality. One's outlook is a part of his virtue. |