Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Subject:
Happiness   
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The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.
Subject:
Truth   
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Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
Subject:
Etiquette   
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The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.
Subject:
Writing   
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Subject:
Heroes   
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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Ignorance never settles a question.
Subject:
Wisdom   
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What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.
Subject:
Life   
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Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Subject:
Grief   
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A precedent embalms a principle.
Subject:
Reality   
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.
Subject:
Wisdom   
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.
Subject:
Wisdom   
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As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Subject:
Success   
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Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
Subject:
Mistakes   
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Subject:
Kindness   
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I repeat...that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
Subject:
Power   
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Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Subject:
Community   
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It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
Subject:
Knowledge   
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The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
Subject:
War   
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