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A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in one’s life. There is an urge to say, ‘I was here, I saw this and it mattered to me.

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Culture implies all which gives the mind possession of its own powers, as languages to the critic, telescope to the astronomer. Culture alters the political status of an individual. It raises a rival royalty in a monarchy. 'Tis king against king. It is ever a romance of history in all dynasties--the co-presence of the revolutionary force in intellect. It creates a personal independence which the monarch cannot look down, and to which he must often succumb.

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The weary sun hath made a golden set And by the bright tract of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow.

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Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

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Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched savages, when it seems destined by the Creator to give support to a large population and to be the seat of civilization?

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to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.

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Money is a great treasure that only increases as you give it away.

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

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Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.

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If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given.

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Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit.

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The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.

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she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.

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Intellectually, the Republican idea deserves the tolerance and respect one gives to the dead.

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If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom.

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Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.

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My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them. They tell me those who were poor early have different views of gold. I don't know how that is. God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him.

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What I wouldn't give to find a soul mate, someone else to catch this drift.

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If it is possible for the human tongue to give the fullest description of God, I have come to the conclusion that God is Truth.

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By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give.

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