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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.

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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

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Leap, and the net will appear.

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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

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I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.

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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

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There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

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Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

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One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.

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Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.

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I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.

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Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins.

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Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.

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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

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