Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.
Subject:
Mankind   
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Subject:
Stupidity   
Work: Self-Reliance
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
Subject:
Genius   
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Nature hates calculators.
Subject:
Nature   
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Subject:
Enthusiasm   
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Subject:
Civilization   
Work:
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Subject:
Effort   
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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Subject:
Moderation   
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Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.
Subject:
Philosophical   
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
Subject:
Courage   
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
Subject:
Common Sense   
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Our best thoughts come from others.
Subject:
Thinking   
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Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
Subject:
Marriage   
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Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.
Subject:
Conversation   
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
Subject:
Leadership   
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
Subject:
Mankind   
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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Subject:
Action   
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
Subject:
Sports & Competition   
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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.
Subject:
Principle   
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