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Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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Law dies, books never.
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Never get a reputation for a small perfection if you are trying for fame in a loftier area. The world can only judge by generals, and it sees that those who pay considerable attention to minutiae seldom have their minds occupied with great things.
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As it has been finely expressed, Principle is a passion for truth. And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.
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It is a glorious fever, desire to know.
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Let us fill urns with rose-leaves in May And hive the the trifty sweetness for December!
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Alone!-that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!
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Rarest of all things on earth is the union in which both, by their contrasts, make harmonious their blending each supplying the defects of the helpmate, and completing, by fusion, one strong human soul.
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Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
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A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.
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