"An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance once said in my hearing: 'There is very little difference between one man and another but what there is is very important.'"

Wisdom, Difference, Man, Learning, Insight

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"An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance once said in my hearing: 'There is very little difference between one man and another but what there is is very important.'"

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"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

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"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

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"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

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"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

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"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

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"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

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"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."

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"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

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"No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better."

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"An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible."

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"No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope."

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