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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

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The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

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The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely appli...more

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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

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I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

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It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.

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All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

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We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him...more

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John Farmer sat at his door one September evening, after a hard day's work, his mind still running on his labor more or less. Having bathed, he sat do...more

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If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are unhurried and wise, we pe...more

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Yet, for my part, I was never usually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary. I am glad to have drunk w...more