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"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."

"Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties."

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."
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"I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter."

"The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry."

"The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere."

"I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight."

"I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle."

"I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own."
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