With care and skill and cunning art She parried Time's malicious dart And kept the years at bay Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!

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There is no chance no destiny no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent, or hinder, or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

Let there be many windows to your soul that all the glory of the world may beautify it.

Let there be many windows to your soul that all the glory of the world may beautify it.

One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails a

One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.

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    For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim’s time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort.

    When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I’m falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.

    When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I’m falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.

    My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

    My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

    The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

    The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

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