Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself or for anything else.

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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

If I have not read a book before it is for all intents and purposes new to me whether it was printe

If I have not read a book before it is for all intents and purposes new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.

A gentle word a kind look a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

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    My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

    My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

    Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

    Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

    Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.

    Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.

    When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.

    When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.

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