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Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.

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Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

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A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.

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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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A divine person is the prophecy of the mind; a friend is the hope of the heart.

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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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Little thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown, Of thee, from the hill-top looking down; And the heifer, that lows in the upland farm, Far-heard, lows not thine ear to charm; The sexton tolling the bell at noon, Dreams not that great Napoleon Sto

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Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.

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The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

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Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.

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If you want a friend you need to be a friend.

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Is it not manifest that our academic institutions should have a wider scope; that they should not be timid and keep the ruts of the last generation, but that wise men thinking for themselves and heartily seeking the good of mankind, and counting the cost of innovation, should dare to arouse the young to a just and heroic life; that the moral nature should be addressed in the school-room, and children should be treated as the high-born candidates of truth and virtue?

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There is no eloquence without a man behind it.

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The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan of house or state of their own.

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Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

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No hope so bright but is the beginning of its own fulfilment.

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Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves.

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Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light.

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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

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Frankness invites frankness.

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