Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWe acquire the strength we have overcome.
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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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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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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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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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