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Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.

Benjamin Haydon

Newton’s health, and confusion to mathematics.
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Confusion Mathematics Newton
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.
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Evil Human Nature Propensity
There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.
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Heart Love Malice Wit
Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them.
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Devotional Persons True Religion
When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.
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Better Get Men Quality
Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.
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Devil Satan Triumph
The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.
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Improvement Inspirational Life Self
To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to be idle or industrious, vicious or virtuous, is but with a view of procrastinating the one or the other.
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Men Procrastination Views
Invention is totally independent of the will.
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Independent Invention Totally
Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
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Genius Never Fear Poverty
Temperance in everything is requisite for happiness.
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Everything Happiness Requisite Temperance
Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.
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Difficult Indolence Indolent
One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste.
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Feelings Men Pain Poetry
It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race.
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Adversaries Friends Race
Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.
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Belief Causes Vices
No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy.
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Evil Men Successful

Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.

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Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.

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