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And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered...
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My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse...
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It is never too late with us, so long as we are aware of...
Quote #19610
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions,...
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For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill...
Quote #7067
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.
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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved,...
Quote #31527
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the...
Quote #27130
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything...