The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONIf we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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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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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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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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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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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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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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