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" A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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" Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. "
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" The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society. "
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" People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. "
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" The highest revelation is that God is in every man. "
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" Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time. "
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" A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. "
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" It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. "
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" A good indignation brings out all one's powers. "
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" The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. "
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" The method of nature: who could ever analyze it? "
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" The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation. "
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" Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. "
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" Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. "
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" Some books leave us free and some books make us free. "
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" I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. "
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" Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. "
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