When Goethe says that in every human condition foes lie in wait for us, "invincible only by cheerfulness and equanimity," he does not mean that we can at all times be really cheerful, or at a moment's notice; but that the endeavor to look at the better side of things will produce the habit, and that this habit is the surest safeguard against the danger of sudden evils.
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. - Leigh Hunt
Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
- Leigh Hunt
Poetry is the breath of beauty. - Leigh Hunt
Poetry is the breath of beauty.
The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. - Leigh Hunt
The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.
Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion. - Leigh Hunt
Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.
Happy opinions are the wine of the heart. - Leigh Hunt
Happy opinions are the wine of the heart.
Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses. - Leigh Hunt
Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.
There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense. - Leigh Hunt
There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense.
There are two worlds: The world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imaginations. - Leigh Hunt
There are two worlds: The world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imaginations.
Patience and gentleness is power. - Leigh Hunt
Patience and gentleness is power.
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