The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
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I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he h...
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates,...
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It is not enought to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
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We are constantly invited to be what we are.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
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The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot in...
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There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
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There is not so good an understanding between any two but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in ...
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True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
