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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard…
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of…
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept or…
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has…
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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol…
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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So here, at Arsenal, we are often surprised when we are shown some of the newspapers, and at the bottom of an…
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American critics of welfare statism are often surprised to learn that countries like West Germany, with a much more comprehensive welfare state…
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I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences…
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On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet…
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The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat…
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Those who are not conversant in works of art are often surprised at the high value set by connoisseurs on drawings which…
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When people meet me, they're often surprised - I talk a great deal.
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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often…
— Beau Willimon
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