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A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has some intellectual taste or skill.

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There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and edges of truth. But it turns out to be scene-painting and counterfeit. The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.

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A man is known by the books he reads.

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The ancestor of every action is a thought.

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It behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

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The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.

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Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

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Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused, when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.

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Revolutions go not backward.

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When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.

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If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!

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Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science.

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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

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In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

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In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.

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Man is made of the same atoms the world is, he shares the same impressions, predispositions, and destiny. When his mind is illuminated, when his heart is kind, he throws himself joyfully into the sublime order, and does, with knowledge, what the stones do by structure.

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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.

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To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun.

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The force of character is cumulative.

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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

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