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" One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas. "

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" If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. "

" Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. "

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" Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can. "

" Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive. "

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" Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone. "

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" Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted. "

" Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. "

" Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. "

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" Despotism is a long crime. "

" The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness. "

" Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. "

" Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. "

" The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. "

" Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. "

" Verse in itself does not constitute poetry. Verse is only an elegant vestment for a beautiful form. Poetry can express itself in prose, but it does so more perfectly under the grace and majesty of verse. It is poetry of soul that inspires noble sentiments and noble actions as well as noble writings. "

" Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. "

" True greatness consists in being great in little things. "

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" The destiny of man is in his own soul. "

" It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. "

" Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. "

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" Unless we remember we cannot understand. "

" The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant. "

" By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour. "

" The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real. "

" As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. "

" I'm reading a book, because I'm brainy. No, it is a book - if you don't know, it is like a blog except bigger. "