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

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

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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.

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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

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

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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.

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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.

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

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