If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONFiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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