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Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always a Leonidas and his three hundred to die in it, if they can not conquer.

George William Curtis

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I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: “Dreamer, dream no more!”
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The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
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The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.
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Criticism is not construction, it is observation.
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The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
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In the journey of the year, the autumn is Venice, spring is Naples, certainly, and the majestic maturity of summer is Rome.
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Good taste consists first upon fitness.
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Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accomplished by appealing to the intelligence of the majority.
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Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world.
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It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
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Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.
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Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
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Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
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For nature makes women to be won, and men to win.
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A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.
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