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Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to ke

Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. – William Wordsworth

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That best portion of a mans life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. – William Wordsworth

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Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. – William Wordsworth

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Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love. – Galway Kinnell

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It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat. – Loren Eiseley, “The Innocent Fox,” The Star Thrower, 1978

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You can owe nothing, if you give back its light to the sun. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Night and morning are making promises to each other which neither will be able to keep. – Richard Shelton

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