All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.
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Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.John Ruskin
Let every dawn of the morning be to you as the beginning of life. And let every setting of the sun be to you as its close. Then let everyone of these short lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing done for others some good strength of knowledge gained for yourself.
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To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.
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There are many religions, but there is only one morality.
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Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.
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