The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.
William Wordsworth
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- The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.
- But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.
- Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
- The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.
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