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"He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession. He has one positive virtue. He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone."
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"Proclaim now that you refuse to die without fully living!"
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"Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes."
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"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
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"I have danced too deeply in my shadows, to ever fear the walk of my sunshine."
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"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."
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"Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own."
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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
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"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."
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"When you put fear behind the wheel, you're bound to crash, but when you drive in faith the ride will be rough, but preceding into a journey of your lifetime."
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"Better hazard once than always be in fear."
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"His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge."
Knowledge
"Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren."
Life
"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."
Man
"We can't command our love, but we can our actions."
Love
"You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable."
Writing
"From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other."
Possibility
"It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal."
Justice
"As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify."
Crime
"In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself."
Success
"It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?"
Philosophy
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