The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

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I don't need the stars in the night I found my treasure All I need is you by my side so shine forever

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

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Failure is in a sense the highway to success, as each discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.

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Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.

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Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.

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All writing is a form of prayer.

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A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

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The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.

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Stop and consider! life is but a day

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