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Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.
Henry Van Dyke
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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
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Use what talents you possess the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
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A peaceful man must fight For that which peace demands, Freedom and faith, honor and right, Defend with heart and hands.
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A tear that trembles for a little while Upon the trembling eyelid, till the world Wavers within its circle like a dream, Holds more of meaning in its narrow orb Than all the distant landscape that it blurs.
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Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
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There is no conflict between the Old and the New the conflict is between the False and the True.
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There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.
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There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
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Love is the heart s immortal thirst to be completely known and all forgiven.
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What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave.
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The more keenly we are awake to the perils of life, the higher and grander is the possibility of being truly brave.
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I heard through the nightThe rush and the clamourThe pulse of the fightLike blows of Thor's hammerThe pattering flightOf the leaves, and the anguishedMoan of the forest vanquished.
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What do I owe my father? Everything!
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Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it.
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O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out loud and free.
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The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world I am, the fruit of I have done And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, The world I love,--the only living root.
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Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
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Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
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Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great.
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The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.
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