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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

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Act Fear Himself Man
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Action Alone End Kind
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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Labor Wasted Time Work Writing
One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Chance Forever Life Oneself
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Fall Notice Silence Tree
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Deep Himself Man Poet Sincere Vision
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Act Kind Possible Recognition

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