To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
THOMAS CARLYLEA laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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There are remedies for all things but death.
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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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