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uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the
world looks for and finds merit." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument
available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat." | |
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Found in the topic Acceptance.
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| "The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions." | |
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Found in the topic Opinion.
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| "A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions." | |
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Found in the topic Gravity.
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| "Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is a temporary
expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in
statesmanship." | |
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Found in the topic Compromise.
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| "Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that
sublime- Not failure, but low aim is crime." | |
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Found in the topic Aim.
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| "The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers,
is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of
experience." | |
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Found in the topic Faith.
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| "All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single
lovely action." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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| "Solitude is as needful to the imagination As society is wholesome
for the character." | |
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Found in the topic Alone.
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| "If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should
answer that there is one book better than a cheap book,?and that is a book
honestly come by." | |
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Found in the topic Book.
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| "A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic." | |
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Found in the topic Crisis.
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| "Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave" | |
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Found in the topic Fortune.
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| "It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense
compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was
practically settled." | |
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Found in the topic Education.
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| "Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of
great hearts." | |
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Found in the topic Endure.
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| "One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of
warning." | |
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Found in the topic Experience.
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| "This goin" ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur." | |
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Found in the topic Death.
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| "I don"t believe in princerple, But oh I du in interest." | |
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Found in the topic Interest.
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| "A weed is no more than a flower in disguise." | |
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Found in the topic Love.
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| "Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp
them by the blade or the handle." | |
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Found in the topic Adversity.
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| "Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession
many." | |
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Found in the topic Question.
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