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" An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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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" The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. "
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" Cause and effect are two sides of one fact. "
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" Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about. "
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" Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. "
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" We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. "
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" The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. "
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" Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. "
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" Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle. "
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" Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults. "
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" As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. "
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" The years teach much which the days never know. "
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" If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare. "
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" We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse. "
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" Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. "
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" The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. "
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" Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. "
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" There is a tendency for things to right themselves. "
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" What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. "
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" A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. "
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" Every hero becomes a bore at last. "
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" The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. "
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" We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. "
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