Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONLife is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
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It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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Love, and you shall be loved.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Every wall is a door.
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You become what you think about all day long.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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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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