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The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.
Martyrdom
Nathaniel Howe

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The way to be nothing is to do nothing.
Idleness
Nathaniel Howe

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It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog, that counts.
Character
Harry Howell

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He that has the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.
Reputation
James Howell

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Respect a man, he will do it the more.
Respectability
James Howell

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The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
Debt
James Howell

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A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know he sees it.
Mothers
William Dean Howells

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Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
Prejudice
William Dean Howells

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It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
Voice
William Dean Howells

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Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
People
William Dean Howells

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The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
Books - Reading
William Dean Howells

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What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
Tragedies
William Dean Howells

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Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.
Friends and Friendship
Tehyi Hsieh

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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
Failure
Elbert Hubbard

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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Memory
Elbert Hubbard

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Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Character
Elbert Hubbard

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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
Charity
Elbert Hubbard

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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
Music
Elbert Hubbard

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Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Habit
Elbert Hubbard

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Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed -- there's so little competition.
Competition
Elbert Hubbard

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Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
Failure
Elbert Hubbard

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Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for anymore than they do.
Work
Elbert Hubbard

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Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.
Freedom
Elbert Hubbard

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Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
Gossip
Elbert Hubbard

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Grammar is the grave of letters.
Grammar
Elbert Hubbard

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun