"Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him."
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"What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?"
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"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."
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"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
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"The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war."
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"One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one."
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"Everything in our world, even a drop of dew, is a microcosm of the universe."
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"A man's library is a sort of harem."
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"Flowers are the earth laughing."
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"Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him."
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"Successful people live well, laugh often, and love much. They've filled a niche and accomplished tasks so as to leave the world better than they found it, while looking for the best in others, and giving the best they have."
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"Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations."
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"Now that is the wisdom of a man, in every instance of his labor, to hitch his wagon to a star, and see his chore done by the gods themselves. That is the way we are strong, by borrowing the might of the elements. The forces of steam, gravity, galvanism, light, magnets, wind, fire, serve us day by day and cost us nothing."
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"It does not hurt weak eyes to look into beautiful eyes never so long."
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"Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well."
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"When it's dark enough men see stars."
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"As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey."
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"But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion."
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"I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant."
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"When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill."
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