“ There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes. ”
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“ When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are. ”
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“ Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. ”
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“ What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker! They are more easily excited, they are more violent and apparent; but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in the maturer life. ”
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“ It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best. ”
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“ Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. ”
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“ To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned. ”
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“ No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ”
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“ The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. ”
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“ When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. ”
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“ To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment. ”
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“ When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. ”
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“ Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed… ”
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“ The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. ”
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“ In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As - fail. ”
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“ Alone! — that worn-out word,So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;Yet all that poets sing and grief hath knownOf hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE! ”
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“ Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. ”
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“ To be happy, you must forget yourself. Learn benevolence. ”
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“ A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. ”
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“ Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies. ”
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“ The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. ”
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“ We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. ”
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“ Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must. ”
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“ We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. ”
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“ We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks. ”
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“ I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend. ”
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