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 In literary history, generation follows generation in a rage.  The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinsfolk are in no sense permanent, save in appearance, but are as eternally fluid as the sea itself. Poetry must be as new as foam, and as old as the rock. There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystalized spirituality. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. I really believe that more harm is done by old men who cling to their influence than by young men who anticipate it. Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold. The victory of success is half done when one gains the habit of work. Nothing is impossible when we follow our inner guidance, even when its direction may threaten us by reversing our usual logic. Some persons are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions. Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. You can and you can't, You will and you won't; You'll be damn'd if you do, You'll be damn'd if you don't. Misfortunes always come in by a door that has been left open for them. I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays. It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not. Words once spoken, can never be recalled. 
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