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''Where there is a will there is a way.'' is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.
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An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches with spire steeples which point as with a silent finger to the sky and stars.
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) p. 51 -
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
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As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
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Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
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Happiness is not a state to arrive at, rather, a manner of traveling.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain; and expectations improperly indulged must end in disappointment.
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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
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