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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

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Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

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How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

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The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

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The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.

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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Poet

Born: June 13th, 1865

Died: January 28th, 1939

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