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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.
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A man builds a fine house and now he has a master, and a task for life he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary person, but he is braver five minutes longer
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesman and philosophers and divines.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
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A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
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A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us 'like the fabled specter-ships,' which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.
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A good intention clothes itself with power.
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A fly is as untamable as a hyena.
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A friend is the hope of the heart
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A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own.
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...the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude.
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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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