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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

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Revolutions go not backward.

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Men are what their mothers made them.

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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

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Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

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Nature hates calculators.

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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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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

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Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.

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Make yourself necessary to somebody.

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We are wiser than we know.

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

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