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What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitud...more

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Good breeding a union of kindness and independence.

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This is the history of governments, - one man does something which is to bind another. A man who cannot be acquainted with me, taxes me; looking from ...more

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None believeth in the soul of man, but only in some man or person old and departed. Ah me! no man goeth alone. All men go in flocks to this saint or t...more

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul

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Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

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If we are related, we shall meet. It was a tradition of the ancient world, that no metamorphosis could hide a god from a god; and there is a Greek ver...more

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The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself to the average ten...more

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True love transcends the unworthy object, and dwells and broods on the eternal, and when the poor interposed mask crumbles, it is not sad, but feels r...more

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The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.

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Life goes headlong. We chase some flying scheme, or we are hunted by some fear or command behind us. But if suddenly we encounter a friend, we pause; ...more

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He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry.

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There are many eyes that can detect and honor the prudent and household virtues; there are many that can discern Genius on his starry track, though th...more