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William Rounseville Alger Inspirational Quotes (49)

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Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.
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There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.
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Reserve may be pride fortified in ice dignity is worth reposing on truth.
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Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.
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The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.
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He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any.
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The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance.
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Ah, could the soul, like the body, have a mirror! It has,--a friend.
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In the nine heavens are eight Paradises Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.
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True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.
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How sublime is the audacious tautology of Mohammed, God is God!
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What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
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A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.
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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
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Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.
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Words of love are works of love.
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Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.
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Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
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A blue eye is a true eye Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.
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Courage makes a man more than himself for he is then himself plus his valor.
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After every storm the sun will smile for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
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God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.
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False eloquence is exaggeration true eloquence is emphasis.
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To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.
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