Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.
(Hyperion, 1839)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Love gives itself, but is not bought.

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Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending.

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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

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