It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.

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There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.

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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

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Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.

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If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.

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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.

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He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

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