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To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.

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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

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A more secret, sweet, and overpowering beauty appears to man when his heart and mind open to the sentiment of virtue.

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When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

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God enters by a private door into every individual.

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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

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Nature wishes that woman should attract man, yet she often cunningly moulds into her face a little sarcasm, which seems to say, 'Yes, I am willing to ...more

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Heartily know, when half-gods go, the gods arrive.

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Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

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Man is a piece of the universe made alive.

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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

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In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

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A man in debt is so far a slave.

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Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those most sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God with...more

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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man,When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers, 'I can.