Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
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The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.
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When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
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Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
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One hour devoted to the pursuit of Beauty
And Love is worth a full century of glory
Given by the frightened weak to the strong.
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