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Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
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The silent organ loudest chants The master's requiem.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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If a man own land, the land owns him.
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We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
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A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.