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I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom.

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I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional.

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The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life.

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The mass are animal, in pupilage, and near chimpanzee.

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Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine

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Love is the essence of God.

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There are books... which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.

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Nothing external to you has any power over you.

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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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The cities drain the country of the best part of its population: the flower of the youth, of both sexes, goes into the towns, andthe country is cultivated by a so much inferior class. The land,--travel a whole day together,--looks poverty-stricken, and the buildings plain and poor.

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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.

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I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.

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No matter how often defeated, you are born to victory.

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He in whom the love of truth predominates . . . submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion; but he is a candidate for truth . . . and respects the highest law of his being.

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Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.

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The civility of the world has reached that pitch that their more moral genius is becoming indispensable, and the quality of this race is to be honored for itself.

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Fame is proof that the people are gullible.

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[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

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A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.

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