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Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?


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Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.



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We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.



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As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.



Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.



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Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.



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What we love to do we find time to do.



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Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.



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