But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

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It is never too late to be what you might have been.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand, the angels come

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand, the angels come to visit us and we only know them when they are gone.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people underst

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

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    Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

    Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience - or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope.

    Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience - or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope.

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