Word: life
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Upon his waiting ear, his life had flown...
...undignified, and the man who is truly wise is sparing of his words. His mind is not shallow, with its thoughts all lying upon the surface; it is rather like one of those calm, deep pools sometimes found in the course of a noisy stream. The little troubles of life sink into its placid depths, leaving scarcely a ripple behind. Its habitual calm is disturbed by nothing less than a flood or an earthquake...
...silent man is supposed to live out his beautiful thoughts, to carry his poetry into his daily life, and make that, what others make their speeches and writings, ideally noble and beautiful. The outflow cannot exceed the supply; and if there is only so much of good in each man, if this runs away in the form of fine words, there is none left for home consumption, and vice versa. Indeed, the surest way to gain the respect and esteem of the world, and to keep it, is to say nothing, to express our wisdom, like...
...what words in his life he most regrets, those which he uttered or those which he left unuttered, and you will receive only one reply. No, my gushing friend, the silent people are those who rule this world, and all the rest of us are but puppets in their hands...
...darkness, but in the hours of early morning. Then, like the light of the dawn going before the full radiance of the sun, the self-consciousness of each human mind precedes the full resumption of the sceptre over its allotted portion of matter that begins another day of life. Then the visions of the night assume consistency and beauty, and our fancies of the daytime reappear endowed with substance. All our dreams are permeated with a consciousness of power to control them, yet no enjoyment could seem more real or be more unalloyed. The frosty air of winter stealing...