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"No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so."
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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."
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"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
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"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down."
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"It's like being a Knight of the Garter. It's an honor, but it doesn't hold up anything."
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"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."
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"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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"Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed."
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"If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument."
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"No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so."
Being
"Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination."
Art
"Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them."
Man
"Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men."
Imagination
"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."
Success
"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."
Art
"Sincerity is moral truth."
Truth
"When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent."
Truth
"Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength."
Strength
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