Academe, n.: An ancient school where morali
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: [from academe] A modern school where football is taught.
They... who await
No gifts from Chance, have
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They... who await
No gifts from Chance, have conquered Fate.
Don't expect anything original from an echo.
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Don't expect anything original from an echo.
Light is good from whatever lamp it shines.
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Light is good from whatever lamp it shines.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for w
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you - you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences - like rags and shreds of your very life.
The great omission in American life is solitude;
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The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit.
The best angle from which to approach any problem
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The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle.
A preoccupation with the future not only prevents
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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.
Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with
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Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from
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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
The nature of oratory is such that there has alwa
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The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from
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A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a
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It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of the body... the heart.
I think that I cannot preserve my health and spir
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I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of
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On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!
I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, bu
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I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.
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