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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great…
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as…
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No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
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We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
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Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us…
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Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental sensation, not…
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Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of…
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The Bible is to me the most precious thing in the world just because it tells me the story of Jesus.
— George MacDonald
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Compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we…
— Dalai Lama
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It's actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do, and I encourage you to remain…
— Jonathan Ive
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The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires…
— Sigmund Freud
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Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within…
— Dalai Lama
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For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin.
— Cher
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She was not an adventure, she was not a fine and precious thing. She was a girl.
— John Green
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You know, a man's life is the most precious thing in the world, isn't it? So isn't it odd that a man…
— Ben Feldman
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Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.
— Gene Wilder
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Pain pays the income of each precious thing.
— William Shakespeare
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Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps the more precious thing is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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It's a precious thing to be communicating to children, helping them discover the gift of language and thought.
— Richard Scarry
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