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Stern duties need not speak sternly. He who stood firm before the thunder worshipped the still small voice.
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It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other than well.
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The secret of pleasure in life, as distinct from its great triumphs of transcendent joy, is to live in a series of small, legitimate successes. By legitimate I mean such as are not accompanied by self-condemnation.
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Sydney Thompson Dobell
Born:
April 5, 1824
Died:
August 22, 1874
(aged 50)
Bio:
Sydney Thompson Dobell was an English poet and critic, and a member of the so-called Spasmodic school.
Known for:
THOUGHTS ON ART PHILOSOPHY & R
ROMAN A DRAMATIC POEM
Home in War Time: Poems
Sonnets on the War (1855)
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