God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please - you can never have both.
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Choice   
Truth   
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Subject:
Life   
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Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.
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Common Sense   
Poverty   
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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Friendship   
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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Death   
Fear   
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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Curiosity   
Secrets   
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Wisdom   
Peace   
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Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.
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Effort   
Enthusiasm   
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God screens us evermore from premature ideas.
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God   
Idea   
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
Subject:
Life   
Time   
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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
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Life   
Action   
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Courage consists in the power of self-recovery.
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Courage   
Power   
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Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
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Intellect   
Character   
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
Subject:
Life   
Mind   
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Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
Subject:
Life   
Business   
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Wisdom   
Character   
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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
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Wisdom   
Life   
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
Subject:
Character   
Money   
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The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
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Manner   
Mankind   
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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Wisdom   
Character   
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