Two lives that once part are like ships that divide. There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men's deeds and their outward characters, but not themselves. There is a secret self that has its own life, unpenetrated and unguessed.
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Revenge is a common passion it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noblebut the religion of Christ, which is the sublime civilizer, emphatically condemns it. Why Because religion ever seeks to ennoble man and nothing so debases him as revenge.
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He who would keep himself to himself should imitate the dumb animals, and drink water.
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Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
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Master books, but do not let them master you.- Read to live, not live to read.
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