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Every man is a volume if you know how to read them.


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Every man is a volume if you know how to read them.
         



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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.



The world is governed by opinion.

The world is governed by opinion.



Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.



We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.



Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.



May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.



Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.



Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.



All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.



It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.





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We wrote our names in the sandYou crossed mine out: I can't getback to the way I was.

We wrote our names in the sandYou crossed mine out: I can't getback to the way I was.



By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish.

By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish.



He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.

He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.



D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do for you-then I'm asking you to tear out your heart and live without it.

D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do for you-then I'm asking you to tear out your heart and live without it.



Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.



Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.

Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.



Current illusion is that science has abolished all natural laws.

Current illusion is that science has abolished all natural laws.



The mathematical fraternity is a little like a self-perpetuating priesthood. The mathematicians of today teach the mathematicians of tomorrow and, in effect, decide whom to admit to the priesthood.

The mathematical fraternity is a little like a self-perpetuating priesthood. The mathematicians of today teach the mathematicians of tomorrow and, in effect, decide whom to admit to the priesthood.



Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business.

Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business.




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