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Found in the topic Education.
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| "Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but
say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what
you represent. Let me try you."" | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write." | |
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Found in the topic Writing.
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| "Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty
remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may
be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil." | |
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Found in the topic Adversity.
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| "There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying
about things which are beyond the power of our will." | |
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Found in the topic Happiness.
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| "Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself." | |
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Found in the topic Self.
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| "All philosophy lies in two words, "sustain" and "abstain."" | |
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Found in the topic Abstinence.
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| "Envy is the adversary of the fortunate." | |
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Found in the topic Envy.
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| "The Beginning of Philosophy...is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things." | |
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Found in the topic Weak.
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| "Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to
creep, and to play with them?" | |
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Found in the topic Children.
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| "First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to
do." | |
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Found in the topic Do.
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| "Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest
on a single hope." | |
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Found in the topic Diversity.
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| "It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we
take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own
opinion which is provoking." | |
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Found in the topic Insults.
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| "When you have closed your doors, and darkened your room, remember
never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; God is within, and
your genius is within?and what need have they of light to see what you are
doing?" | |
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Found in the topic Alone.
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| "If you would be good, first believe you are bad." | |
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Found in the topic Proverb.
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| "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much
as we speak." | |
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Found in the topic Hearing.
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| "Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a Present
evil, but that you have increased a habit." | |
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Found in the topic Anger.
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| "Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what
they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and
do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim
in all these cases is the wise man?s task." | |
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Found in the topic Wise.
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| "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not
but rejoices for those which he has." | |
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Found in the topic Honest.
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| "The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a
matter of indifference." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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