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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could...
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I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what...
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Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed...
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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for...
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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning,...
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Insist on yourself never imitate… Every great man is unique.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and...
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It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and...