"Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry."

Wisdom, Men, Perseverance, Attention

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"Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry."

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"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"

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"A book is a sacred gift."

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"A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver."

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"In every situation, we can find sacred lesson."

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"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."

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"Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings."

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"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles."

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"Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable."

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"The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved."

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