"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not."
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"For men in earnest have no time to waste In patching fig-leaves for the naked truth."
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"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."
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"Folks never understand the folks they hate."
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"The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him."
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"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle."
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"The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere."
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"AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten."
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"The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me."
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"Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide."
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"New occasions teach new duties."
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"Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go; At noon our sudden summer burns, Ere sunset all is snow."
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"The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change... [Truth's] mirror is turned forward, to reflect The promise of the future, not the past."
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"No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil."
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"Time makes ancient good uncouth."
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"New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth."
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"Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit."
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"No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself."
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"The greater your real strength and power, the quieter it will be exercised."
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"And blessed are the horny hands of toil."
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