"Quackery gives birth to nothing; gives death to all things."
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"Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education."
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"Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time."
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"Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are."
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"If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music."
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"Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do."
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"The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall."
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"Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy."
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"Necessity dispenseth with decorum."
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"Speech is silver, silence is golden."
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"Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man."
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"He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time."
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"Every noble work is at first impossible."
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"The eye sees what it brings the power to see."
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"Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects."
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"The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers."
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"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak."
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"Laughter is the cipher key wherewith we decipher the whole man"
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"If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it."
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"Music is well said to be the speech of angels."
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