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It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.
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It is a lovely thing to live with courage, and to die leaving behind everlasting renown.
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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
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It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
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It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
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It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.
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It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.
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It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.
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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
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It is great cleverness to know how to conceal our cleverness.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.
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It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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