Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.
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Never give up If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of 'Never give up.'Martin Farquhar Tupper
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
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A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
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Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
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If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
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Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
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