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As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known, So I turn the leaves of Fancy, till in shadowy design I find the smiling features of an old sweetheart of mine.
— James Whitcomb Riley
Tags: love

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When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.
— James Whitcomb Riley
Tags: down, time, you, morning
The ripest peach is highest on the tree.
— James Whitcomb Riley
Tags: highest, tree
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.
— James Whitcomb Riley
Tags: see, like, bird, nature
It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.
— James Whitcomb Riley
Tags: choice, weather, rain, god
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
— James Whitcomb Riley
Tags: your, energy, persistence, determination
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