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The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul

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History is the action and reaction of these two, nature and thought.

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There is not a piece of science, but its flank may be turned tomorrow.

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In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.

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Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore.

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What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with all its might and main, what it is, and makes one and the same impression and effect at all times. All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle's, and of a rabbit, rabbit's. But a man is broken and dissipated by the giddiness of his will; he does not throw himself into his judgments; his genius leads him one way but 't is likely his trade or politics in quite another.

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I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom.

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We live amid surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate well on them

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As picture teaches the colouring, so sculpture the anatomy of form.

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The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there is room for persons of romantic character to exist, and that the poet, the mystic, and the hero may hope to confront their counterparts.

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We live ruins amid ruins.

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All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man's limbs and senses.

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The vocabulary of an omniscient man would embrace words and images excluded from polite conversation. What would be base, or even obscene, to the obscene, becomes illustrious, spoken in a new connexion of thought.

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When a man meets his make, society begins.

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If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.

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Blessed are those who have no talent!

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Friends are like spaghetti, they should stick together. The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates.

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Character wants room; must not be crowded on by persons, nor be judged from glimpses got in the press of affairs, or on few occasions. It needs perspective, as a great building.

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Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

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