The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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Life is a train of moods like a string of beads and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.
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Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
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It is not metres, but a metre-making argument, that makes a poem.
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Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.
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