When old age shall this generation waste, thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe than ours,
a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that's all ye know on
earth, and all ye need to know.  -- John Keats, "Ode to a Grecian Urn"
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room, making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An Angel writing in a book of gold; exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?"  The Vision raised its head.
And with a look made of all sweet accord answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Abou.  "Nay, not so," replied the Angel.  Abou spoke more low,
But, cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, then, write me as one who loves his fellow-men."
The Angel wrote, and vanished.  The next night it came again, with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, and, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!
-- James Henry Leigh Hunt, "Abou Ben Adhem"
True worth is in being, not seeming -- in doing, each day that goes by,
Some little good -- not in dreaming of great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say in their blindness, and in spite of the fancies of youth,
There's nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.
-- Alice Cary, "Nobility"
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Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if
nothing happened.  -- Winston Churchill
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