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Great things are done when men and mountains meet

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable

An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings

Active evil is better than passive good