The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

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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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    He who would travel happily must travel light.

    He who would travel happily must travel light.

    Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to

    Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.

    I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

    I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

    Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

    Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

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