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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist...
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Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will...
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A person determined never to be wrong won’t likely accomplish much.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they...
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God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do...
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Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
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It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is...