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O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!


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Work for your own soul's sake.

Work for your own soul's sake.



To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.



In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.

In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.



Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.



To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.

To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.



There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life.

There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life.



The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul.

The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul.



To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.

To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.



The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades?

The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades?



I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence for which music alone finds the word.

I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence for which music alone finds the word.





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You're the reason why I'll move to the city; you're why I'll need to leave.

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