That man is idle who can do something better.
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Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.Ralph Waldo Emerson
All great natures delight in stability all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.
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Does not the eye of the human embryo predict the light
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Knowledge is the only elegance.
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No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.
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