Every artist was first an amateur.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThe ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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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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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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