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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.
How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking; always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away...
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
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One ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to...
Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life.
Source: In...
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or...
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the...
Yes! To this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom...
Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly...
Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.
Source: In Pearls of Wisdom,...
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning...
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
Source: In...
Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible...
My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.
Source: Collected Poems.
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
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Poetry is the deification of reality.
Source: In Life, 4 Jan 1963.
-- Edith...
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
Source: In...
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a...