I have an inward treasure born within me, which can keep me alive if all the extraneous delights should be withheld; or offered only at a price I cannot afford.
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“...[M]y inner self moved; my spirit shook its always-fettered wings half loose. I had a sudden feeling as if I, who never yet truly lived, were at last about to taste life.” (From Villette)
Tags: adventure, wings-of-your-heart, wings, hopeful
The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.
Tags: silence, heart, hope, dreams
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
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Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
Tags: himself, give, he, enough, will
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