No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first.
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The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Out of the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest heights.
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Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.
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