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The wings of Time are black and white, Pied with morning and with night.

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Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

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When it is dark enough, men see the stars.

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We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs. Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say, we cannot avoid the question whether the characters are not significant of themselves.

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Any work looks wonderful to me except the one which I can do.

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So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in their collocation. The effect of a fanciful word misplaced, is like that of a horn of exquisite polish growing on a human head.

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Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago, but it is put to better use.

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Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate. It is his, if he will. He may divest himself of it; he may creepinto a corner, and abdicate his kingdom, as most men do, but he is entitled to the world by his constitution.

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Think me not unkind and rude That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men.

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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

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Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the beautiful natures disappears as they approach each other.

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We imperatively require a perception of and a homage to beauty in our companions. Other virtues are in request in the field and workyard, but a certain degree of taste is not to be spared in those we sit with.

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Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.

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The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.

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Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.

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Do your thing, and I shall know you.

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

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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

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Politics is a deleterious profession, like some poisonous handicrafts.

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Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from the human to the divine.

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