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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief...
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Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
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Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive...
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I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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