Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
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We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, And to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.
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Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.
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Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent idealsthat is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.
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