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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
[ Flattery ]
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A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
[ Men and Women ]
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A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
[ Heart ]
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A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.
[ Pleasure ]
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Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
[ Anger ]
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Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
[ Fate ]
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Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
[ Dreams ]
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Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
[ Enthusiasm ]
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Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
[ Genius ]
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In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
[ Beauty ]
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In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest.
[ Books - Reading ]
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It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.
[ Age and Aging ]
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Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
[ Love ]
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One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.
[ Truth ]
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Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
[ Patience ]
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Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
[ Power ]
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Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.
[ Books - Reading ]
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Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.
[ Philosophers and Philosophy ]
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Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
[ Remorse ]
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The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.
[ Deceit ]
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The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion.
[ Mind ]
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The pen is mightier than the sword.
[ Writers and Writing ]
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The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.
[ Enthusiasm ]
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The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.
[ Eccentricity ]
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There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
[ Fate ]
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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
[ Vanity ]
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Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.
[ Divorce ]
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We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
[ Sorrow ]
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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
[ Purpose ]
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When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
[ Aid and Assistance ]
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Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
[ Writers and Writing ]
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Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.
[ Youth ]
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