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To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer:… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
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A detective novel should contain no long descriptive passages, no literary dallying with side-issues, no subtly worked-out character analyses, no 'atmospheric' preoccupations.… — S. S. Van Dine Copy Share Image
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Whoever desires to live among men has to obey their laws this is what the secular morality of Western civilization comes down… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
Love means total interest; love means total creativity; love means total input. Who has that for you? Who has given you values?… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
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The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Johnny Colt is a character, and most people in Lynyrd Skynyrd are characters, so he fits in great with us. He's got… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
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The widespread belief among politicians and pundits is that high test scores are everything. I strongly disagree. What matters most is character.… — Hal Urban Copy Share Image
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