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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.



The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.



God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.



An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it impossible to be great at all.



Named softly as the household name of one whom God had taken.



If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for her smile . . . her look . . . her way Of speaking gently . . . for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and, certes, brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day- For these things in themselves, Beloved, may be changed, or change for thee- and love so wrought, May be unwrought so.



Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.



The man, most man, Works best for men: and, if most man indeed, He gets his manhood plainest from his soul.



God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.



We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause; Good kings, who disemboweled for a tax; Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy; Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs; And damned the general world for standing up. Now, may the good God pardon all good men!








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