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Daily Quote
 
 The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 A Drinking Song
 William Butler Yeats
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Kurt Vonnegut to His Family

Daily Quote
 
 As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see. (Vincent Van Gogh)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 One
 by Mary Oliver
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Tess of the d’urbervilles
 Thomas Hardy

Daily Quote
 
 Life is not as good as you imagine, nor as bad as you imagine. (Guy de Maupassant)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 菊花
 元稹
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 隐身衣（节选）
 杨绛

Daily Quote
 
 Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. (Adam Smith)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Sleeping in the Forest
 by Mary Oliver
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 鼎湖山听泉
 谢大光

Daily Quote
 
 Man, like the generous vine, supported lives; the strength he gains is from the embrace he gives. (Alexander Pope)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 脚步
 何其芳
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Eugene O'Neil to His Son

Daily Quote
 
 Many of the miseries of life are due to our sacrificing the future for the present; the happiness of years that are to come, for the satisfaction of the moment. (John Lubbock)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 白头吟
 卓文君
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 To Kill a Mockingbird (Excerpt)
 By Harper Lee

Daily Quote
 
 天地有四时，莫病于酷暑，而莫善于初秋。（龚自珍）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 太行春感
 朱德
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Gone with the Wind – Chapter 5
 Margaret Mitchell

Daily Quote
 
 Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. (Adam Smith)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The Last Bargain
 By Rabindranath Tagore
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Rain
 by W. Somerset Maugham

Daily Quote
 
 Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. (Aristotle)
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 师说
 韩愈
 
 当教师的快乐
 冰心

Daily Quote
 
 The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. (Henry David Thoreau)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Sleeping in the Forest
 by Mary Oliver
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 鼎湖山听泉
 谢大光

Daily Quote
 
 闻谤而怒者，谗之囮也；见誉而喜者，佞之媒也。（小窗幽记）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 满庭芳•蜗角虚名
 苏轼
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 To the Lighthouse
 Adeline Virginia Woolf

Daily Quote
 
 A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. (Charles Darwin)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Going and Staying
 by Thomas Hardy
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Of Fortune
 by Francis Bacon

Daily Quote
 
 你须把细心放在大胆里，去且战且走。你须把受委屈当作生活，而从委屈中咂摸出一点甜味来，好使你还肯活下去。（老舍）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 太行春感
 朱德
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 荷花淀
 孙犁

Daily Quote
 
 天地有四时，莫病于酷暑，而莫善于初秋。（龚自珍）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Blackberry-Picking
 By Seamus Heaney
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 故都的秋
 郁达夫

Daily Quote
 
 Money can indeed bring happiness, but there is a certain limit, beyond which the effect is not so obvious. (Yuval Noah Harari)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 I saw thee weep
 George Gordon Byron
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 夏天
 汪曾祺

Daily Quote
 
 If our dreams come true, we are almost afraid to believe it; for that is the best of all good fortune, and nothing better can happen to any of us. (Willa Cather)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 蝶恋花·庭院深深深几许
 欧阳修
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Salvation
 Langston Hughes

Daily Quote
 
 I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Autumn
 Emily Dickinson
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Long Shadow
 John Hampson

Daily Quote
 
 “Why did you do all this for me?” he asked. “I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.” “You have been my friend,” replied Charlotte. “That in itself is a tremendous thing.” (Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 A Summer Evening Churchyard
 Lechlade, Gloucestershire
 By Percy Bysshe Shelley
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Delights of Books
 Sir John Lubbock

Daily Quote
 
 All things are in flux; the universal flux is governed by a unifying principle or Logos. This principle brings together opposites in harmonious tension, like the bow and lyre where tension between opposing forces creates stable harmony. (Heraclitus)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 鄂州南楼书事
 黄庭坚
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Around the world in eighty days
 Jules Gabriel Verne

Daily Quote
 
 Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. (Ernest Hemingway)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Fairy Tale
 By Robert Desnos
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 夏天
 汪曾祺

Daily Quote
 
 Money can indeed bring happiness, but there is a certain limit, beyond which the effect is not so obvious. (Yuval Noah Harari)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 江村
 杜甫
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Gone with the Wind
 Margaret Mitchell

Daily Quote
 
 I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. (Walt Disney)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 I saw thee weep
 George Gordon Byron
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Battle of the Red and the Black Ants
 Henry David Thoreau

Daily Quote
 
 For both excessive and deficient exercise ruin bodily strength, and, similarly, too much or too little eating or drinking ruins health, whereas only moderation can produce, increase, and maintain physical strength and health. (Aristotle)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter
 By Ezra Pound
 
 长干行（二首）
 李白
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 我喜欢出发
 汪国真

Daily Quote
 
 All things are in flux; the universal flux is governed by a unifying principle or Logos. This principle brings together opposites in harmonious tension, like the bow and lyre where tension between opposing forces creates stable harmony. (Heraclitus)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 My Shadow
 By Robert Louis Stevenson
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 八月的乡村
 萧军

Daily Quote
 
 You see, one thing is, I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things... It doesn't frighten me. (Richard P. Feynman)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The Map
 Elizabeth Bishop
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Around the world in eighty days
 Jules Gabriel Verne

Daily Quote
 
 Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. (J.K. Rowling)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 鄂州南楼书事
 黄庭坚
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 On Pleasure
 Epicurus

Daily Quote
 
 兵形象水，水之行，避高而趋下；兵之形，避实而击虚。（《孙子兵法》）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Lift Not the Painted Veil 
 Percy Bysshe Shelley
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Age of Innocence
 Edith Wharton

Daily Quote
 
 For both excessive and deficient exercise ruin bodily strength, and, similarly, too much or too little eating or drinking ruins health, whereas only moderation can produce, increase, and maintain physical strength and health. (Aristotle)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Autumn Refrain
 Wallace Stevens
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Walden
 Henry David Thoreau

Daily Quote
 
 How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. (John Burroughs)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The Last Rose of Summer
 Thomas Moore
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 赤壁赋
 苏轼

Daily Quote
 
 No man is really happy or safe without a hobby. (William Osler)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter
 By Ezra Pound
 After Li Po
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 我喜欢出发
 汪国真

Daily Quote
 
 Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see. (Edgar Allan Poe)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Results and Roses
 Edgar Albert Guest
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Bean-field
 Henry David Thoreau

Daily Quote
 
 兵形象水，水之行，避高而趋下；兵之形，避实而击虚。（《孙子兵法》）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 白雪歌送武判官归京
 岑参
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 谁是最可爱的人（节选）
 魏巍

Daily Quote
 
 And all our knowledge is, ourselves to know. (Alexander Pope)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 寄黄几复
 黄庭坚
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Age of Innocence – Chapter 3
 Edith Wharton

Daily Quote
 
 One of my secret instructions to myself as a poet is: ‘Whatever you do, don’t be boring. (Anne Sexton)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Lift Not the Painted Veil 
 Percy Bysshe Shelley
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 A Tale of Two Cities – Chapter 3 The Night Shadows
 Charles Dickens

Daily Quote
 
 Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. (Albert Camus)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The Wild Honeysuckle
 Philip Freneau
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Joys of Writing
 Winston Churchill

Daily Quote
 
 The beauty or ugliness of a character lay not only in its achievements, but in its aims and impulses. (Thomas Hardy)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 渔家·卖得鲜鱼二百钱
 郑燮
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Bean-field
 Henry David Thoreau

Daily Quote
 
 Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see. (Edgar Allan Poe)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The Purple Cow
 Gelett Burgess
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 从百草园到三味书屋
 鲁迅

Daily Quote
 
 To be good is to be in harmony with one’s self. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others. (Oscar Wilde)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Results and Roses
 Edgar Albert Guest
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 听海的心 
 迟子建

Daily Quote
 
 I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. (Jorge Luis Borges)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 夏夜
 何其芳
 
 Beauty Words
 
 The Widow and Her Son
 Washington Irving

Daily Quote
 
 We can never know things as they are in themselves, only as they appear to us. (Immanuel Kant)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The Wild Honeysuckle
 Philip Freneau
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 雨的四季
 刘湛秋

Daily Quote
 
 All things are in flux; the universal flux is governed by a unifying principle or Logos. This principle brings together opposites in harmonious tension, like the bow and lyre where tension between opposing forces creates stable harmony. (Heraclitus)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Summer Evening
 By William Cullen Bryant
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Joys of Writing
 Winston Churchill

Daily Quote
 
 Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. (Albert Camus)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Bath
 By Amy Lowell
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 北平的四季
 郁达夫
 
 天窗
 茅盾
 
 呼兰河传·后花园
 萧红

Daily Quote
 
 The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. (Heraclitus)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 满庭芳·蜗角虚名
 苏轼
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Secret Garden
 Frances Hodgson Burnett

Daily Quote
 
 We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side. (James Baldwin)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 宫词
 白居易
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Widow and Her Son
 Washington Irving

Daily Quote
 
 I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. (Jorge Luis Borges)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 渔翁
 柳宗元
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Every Man’s Natural Desire to Be Somebody Else
 Samuel Mc Chord Crothers

Daily Quote
 
 If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked... and live well and die happy. (Charles Dickens)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 夏夜
 何其芳
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 忆滇缅路
 萧乾

Daily Quote
 
 人生天地之间，若白驹之过隙，忽然而已。（《庄子•知北游》）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 The Fish 
 by Mary Oliver
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 Emma
 Jane Austen

Daily Quote
 
 The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. (Heraclitus)
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 Silent Noon
 Dante Gabriel Rossetti
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 The Secret Garden
 Frances Hodgson Burnett

Daily Quote
 
 闻谤而怒者，谗之囮也；见誉而喜者，佞之媒也。（小窗幽记）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 满庭芳·蜗角虚名
 苏轼
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 To the Lighthouse
 Virginia Woolf

Daily Quote
 
 道路总是曲折的，前途总是光明的。（毛泽东）
 
 Poem of the Day
 
 江南第一燕
 瞿秋白
 
 Beauty of Words
 
 红岩
 罗广斌、杨益言