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History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.



Fear is nature's warning signal to get busy.

Fear is nature's warning signal to get busy.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.



Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.

Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.



When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.



Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.





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The woe of wrath comes to whoever does wicked acts.

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That was the beauty of Family, Dakota decided, you knew what it took to make them bleed. The magic was in choosing not too.

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I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself.

I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself.



There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.



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In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity.

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Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles.

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