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If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.
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If there is a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.
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Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.
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There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
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Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.
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A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom opinion than he should fear meeting a ghost if he crossed the churchyard at dark.
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When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle when you talk to the ignorant, brag when you talk to the sagacious, look very humble and ask their opinion.
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The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.
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