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Henry David Thoreau: Tis healthy to...

Henry David Thoreau: Tis healthy to...

Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Source: In Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations, by...

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Henry David Thoreau: We perceive and...

Henry David Thoreau: We perceive and...

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: Just in ratio...

Thomas Carlyle: Just in ratio...

Just in ratio as knowledge increases, faith diminishes.

Source: In Webster's...

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Thomas Carlyle: Secrecy is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Secrecy is the...

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

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Thomas Carlyle: The first duty...

Thomas Carlyle: The first duty...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

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G K Chesterton: Education is the...

G K Chesterton: Education is the...

Education is the period during which I was being instructed by somebody I did not know, about something I did not want...

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G K Chesterton: What people call...

G K Chesterton: What people call...

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental...

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G K Chesterton: How beautiful it...

G K Chesterton: How beautiful it...

How beautiful it would be for someone who could not read.

Source: Attributed.
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G K Chesterton: Spring never is...

G K Chesterton: Spring never is...

Spring never is Spring unless it comes too soon.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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G K Chesterton: We think for...

G K Chesterton: We think for...

We think for a General to fight an enemy, it is important to know the enemy's numbers, but still more important to...

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G K Chesterton: Being contented ought...

G K Chesterton: Being contented ought...

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not...

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G K Chesterton: Reason is itself...

G K Chesterton: Reason is itself...

Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any realtion to reality at...

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Henry David Thoreau: For many years...

Henry David Thoreau: For many years...

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I...

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Henry David Thoreau: We must have...

Henry David Thoreau: We must have...

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have...

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Honore de Balzac: We exaggerate misfortune...

Honore de Balzac: We exaggerate misfortune...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we...

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Albert Schweitzer: Happiness? That's nothing...

Albert Schweitzer: Happiness? That's nothing...

Happiness? That's nothing more than health and a poor memory.

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George Washington: A government is...

George Washington: A government is...

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

Source: From a...

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John Adams: The essance of...

John Adams: The essance of...

The essance of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

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Abraham Lincoln: In this and...

Abraham Lincoln: In this and...

In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it...

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