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"Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way."
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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."
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"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."
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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."
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"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."
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"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."
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"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."
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"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."
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"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."
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"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."
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"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
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"Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain."
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"Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way."
Wisdom

"To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind."
Life

"To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat."
Friendship

"With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end."
Friendship

"A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself."
Lie

"Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved."
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"In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide."
Friendship
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