Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng but in ourselves are triumph and defeat.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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  4. Byron: The luxuries of this place have made me soft. The metal point's gone from my pen, there's nothing left but the feather. Gutman: That may be true. But what can you do about it? Byron: Make a departure. Gutman: From yourself? Byron: From my... - Tennessee Williams

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  2. As Unto the bow the the cord is , So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him , yet she follows: Useless each without the other.

  3. I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart

  4. Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall

  5. Ah, Nothing is too late, till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.

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