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“Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.”

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So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.

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Cease speaking of enemies when an achievement can kindle a great light. Solitude will transmit the message better than the murmurs of crowds.

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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better…

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To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking.

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When fear ceases to scare you, it cannot stay.

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