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He builded better than he knew; the conscious stone to beauty grew.

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Genius always finds itself a century too early.

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Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

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God enters by a private door into every individual.

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Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

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The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

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Our best thoughts come from others.

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Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.

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Every burned book enlightens the world.

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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

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The louder he talked of his honor the faster we counted our spoons.

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When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

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Earth laughs in flowers.

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Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

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