It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
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I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me If my bark sinks, tis to another sea.William Ellery Channing
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
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Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.
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Habitat of castle gray, Creeping thing in sober way, Visible sage mechanician, Skillfulest arithmetician.
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All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.
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We can fix our eyes on perfection, and make almost everything speed towards it.
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