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That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the…
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What would become of the garden if the gardener treated all the weeds and slugs and birds and trespassers as he would…
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For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for…
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There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it…
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a boundless ocean…
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as…
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That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready…
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Veracity is the heart of morality.
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If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it…
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If individuality has no play, society does not advance; if individuality breaks out of all bounds, society perishes.
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As to sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallible,…
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Common sense is science exactly in so far as it fulfills the ideal of common sense; that is, sees facts as they…
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As for your doctrines I am prepared to go to the Stake if requisite ... I trust you will not allow yourself…
— Thomas Huxley
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The man who is an initiate of one of the great Mystery Schools never fears to let his pupils outdistance him, because…
— Dion Fortune
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Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has…
— Bill Walsh
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Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a…
— John Herschel
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Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead.
— Joshua Slocum
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I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.
— Dave Van Ronk
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A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad…
— Ali Smith
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My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me…
— Lawrence Klein
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Where do you get the right to decide our lives? I'll tell you where. From that little hog's gut that hangs between…
— Toni Morrison
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Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
— James Joyce
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To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons…
— Jack O'Connell
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