Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONFor everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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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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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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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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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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