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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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