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Love's humility is love's true pride.

Bayard Taylor

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Bayard Taylor
Age: 53 †
Born: 1825
Born: January 11
Died: 1878
Died: December 19
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I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.
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Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather Strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams Somewhere above us, in elusive ether, Waits the fulfilment of our dearest dreams.
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Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
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I was pleasantly disappointed on entering Bohemia. Instead of a dull, uninteresting country, as I expected, it is a land full of the most lovely scenery. There is every thing which can gratify the eye - high blue mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins.
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He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
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Peace the offspring is of Power.
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