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The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.
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The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
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The more a man cultivates the arts the less he fornicates. A more and more apparent cleavage occurs between the spirit and the brute.
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
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The one who count are those persons who-though they may be of little renown-respond to and are responsible for the continuation of the living spirit.
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The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
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The pathway to glory is rough, and many gloomy hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on yours, and that you may never experience the humiliation that the power of the American government has reduced me to, is the wish of him who, in his native forests, was once as proud as you.
The Autobiography of Black Hawk (1833) -
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
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The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.
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The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.
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The point of a philosophical spirit is to rely primarily upon one's own thinking.
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The power of the human spirit inspires me. Movies, books, stories, people, anything that reminds us that we are more than just this physical body and our capacity for love and courage can bend reality.
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The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
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The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.
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The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven millstones from Man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the millstones are lifted.
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The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America.
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The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
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The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth
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The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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