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When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.
Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
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Fields are won by those who believe in the winning.