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- Old events have modern meanings; only that survives of past history which finds kindred in all hearts and lives.
- He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty.
- To me it seems not unreasonable to find a re-enforcement of optimism, a renewal of courage and hope, in the modern theory that man has…
- 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…
- It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what we call the rights of men become turbulent and dangerous.
- Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. She is said to…
- Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it…
- Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.
- 'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking.
- Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who…
- For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.
- O visionary world, condition strange, Where naught abiding is but only change.
- Fanaticism, or, to call it by its milder name, enthusiasm, is only powerful and active so long as it is aggressive. Establish it firmly in…
- Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then
- An angel stood and met my gaze, Through the low doorway of my tent; The tent is struck, the vision stays; I only know she…
- Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
- There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
- I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
- In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
- 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…
- Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for…
- If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.
- He who keeps his faith only, cannot be discrowned.
- Good heavens, of what un costly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a…
- Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower,…
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