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A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.
[ Courage ]
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Avoid shame but do not seek glory --nothing so expensive as glory.
[ Glory ]
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Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
[ Greatness ]
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He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
[ Silence ]
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I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
[ Churches ]
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I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.
[ Critics and Criticism ]
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It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
[ Faith ]
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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.
[ Perseverance ]
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Live always in the best company when you read.
[ Books - Reading ]
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Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
[ Conversation ]
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No furniture is so charming as books.
[ Books - Reading ]
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No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
[ Power ]
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Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.
[ Poverty and The Poor ]
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Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
[ Solitude ]
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The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
[ Action ]
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To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.
[ Love ]
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What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?
[ Mathematics ]
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