To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of the prophets. He saw with an open eye the mystery of the soul... Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man.
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It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances.
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In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes.
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By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
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The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made
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