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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that…
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A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a…
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God knows I've done enough crap in my life to grow a few flowers.
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However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers…
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The imitator treads a beaten walk, and with all his diligence can only find a few flowers or branches untouched by his…
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With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.
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A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above…
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Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. There is enough room in the sky for all flyers.
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