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I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

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In a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw and become audible so that words spoken in winter go unheard until the next summer.
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Fantasy Season Talk Time Winter Word
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
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Atheist Believe Fear God Man
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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Friendship Grief Prosperity
The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.
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Determination Future Oneself
The process may seem strange and yet it is very true. I did not so much gain the knowledge of things by the words, as words by the experience I had of things.
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Experience Knowledge Myself Strange True
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
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Animal Live Philosophy Right
They insist upon the shaving of the mustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.
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Myself Thinking Young
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
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Courage Fear Mindset
May I never sit where it is impossible for me to get up and offer my seat to an older man?
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Impossible Man Myself
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Courage Oneself Philosophy
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes, the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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Future Man Mistake Power Wisdom
It’s a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, it is a very easy matter, but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
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Difficult Easy Greatness Man Place Produce
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
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Deep Friendship Struggle
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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Man Philosophy World
Even those virtues that nature had denied him were imitated by him so successfully that he won more confidence than those who actually possessed them.
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Confidence Nature Success Virtue
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Deep Listen Motivational Talk Yourself

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be, and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

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