Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.
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The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, And a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.
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