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Ralph Waldo Emerson: One of the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: One of the...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Most of the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Most of the...

Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-sacrifice is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-sacrifice is the...

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man ever...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man ever...

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Source: In Instant...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man acquires...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man acquires...

No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No member of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No member of...

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No orator can...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No orator can...

No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: People with great...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People with great...

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

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Boris Pasternak: No bad man...

Boris Pasternak: No bad man...

No bad man can be a good poet.

Source: Quoted in Ilya Ehrenburg, Truce
-- Boris...

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Mahatma Gandhi: Remember that there...

Mahatma Gandhi: Remember that there...

Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

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Henry Ward Beecher: No man is...

Henry Ward Beecher: No man is...

No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.

Source: In The...

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George Eliot: A woman's hopes...

George Eliot: A woman's hopes...

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.

Source: 'Felix...

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George Eliot: Our virtues are...

George Eliot: Our virtues are...

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound...

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George Eliot: I'm not denyin'...

George Eliot: I'm not denyin'...

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match men.

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George Eliot: Life is too...

George Eliot: Life is too...

Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly...

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George Eliot: Renunciation remains sorrow,...

George Eliot: Renunciation remains sorrow,...

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Source: The Mill on...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Forget the outside...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Forget the outside...

Forget the outside world. Life has different laws in here. This is Campland, an invisible country. It's not in the...

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Charles Dickens: Nature gives to...

Charles Dickens: Nature gives to...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the...

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Charles Dickens: Subdue your appetites,...

Charles Dickens: Subdue your appetites,...

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

Source: Mr....

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Charles Dickens: Take example by...

Charles Dickens: Take example by...

Take example by your father, my boy, and be wery careful o' vidders all your life, specially if they've kept a public...

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