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"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
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"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."
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"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."
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"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."
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"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men."
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"I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust."
Society
"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."
Man
"Inspiration comes of working every day."
Inspirational
"Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul."
Life
"How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering."
Man
"Progress, this great heresy of decay."
Progress
"Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious."
Inspirational
"était tard ; ainsi qu’une médaille neuve
La pleine lune s’étalait,
Et la solennité de la nuit, comme un fleuve
Sur Paris dormant ruisselait."
Aesthetics
"I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination."
Art
"He who doesn't accept the conditions of life sells his soul."
Philosophy
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