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We do not want actions, but men; not a chemical drop of water, but rain; the spirit that sheds and showers actions, countless, endless actions.

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The intellect searches out the Absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God, and without the colors of affection. The intellectual and the active powers seem to succeed each other, and the exclusive activity of the one generates the exclusive activity of the other. There is something unfriendly in each to the other, but they are like the alternate periods of feeding and working in animals; each prepares and will be followed by the other.

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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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No society can ever be so large as one man.

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Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock.

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Culture opens the sense of beauty.

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Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.

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Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

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Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

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Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.

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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.

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When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

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The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment.

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A rush of thoughts is the only conceivable prosperity that can come to us.

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Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.

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Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day.

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It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to write, nothing to infer. But our wiser years still run back to the despised recollections of childhood. . . .

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In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

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The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

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Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdom which cannot help itself.

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