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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender... →
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that... →
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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