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A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
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A man can keep a secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
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A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement - in a word, with more renunciation than you care for - and so you flee the contagion.
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A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
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A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
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And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats, none knew so well as I: for he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die.
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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.
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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than to polish.
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Do you know what amazes me more than anything else? The impotence of force to organize anything.
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Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
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Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
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I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
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