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The classic literature is always modern.


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How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.



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The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.



He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.



Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.



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Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.



A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.



A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.



Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.



Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!






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It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.



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Last year when my grandma fell and broke her hip she couldn't paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa started doing it for her, even after he fell and broke his hip, too. For me, that's love.



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There's a whole new set of rules, in this new world. If you don't abide by them, then you'll perish.



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How someone is responding to you may have nothing to do with you.



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Emotions are what drives everyone. You get up in the morning and go do something because the emotion drives you to it.



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Time is the eternal now, seen through the narrow slit of the mind.



Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.

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God has positioned me just this way to be just like I am, to say what I say how I say it.

God has positioned me just this way to be just like I am, to say what I say how I say it.




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