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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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Nature hates calculators.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.
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We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
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The sublime is excited in me by the great stoical doctrine, Obey thyself.
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Without electricity, the air would rot.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.
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Whoso walketh in solitude, And inhabiteth the wood, Choosing light, wave, rock, and bird, Before the money-loving herd, Into that forester shall pass From these companions power and grace.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes.
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Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
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Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, 'If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?'
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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.