Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

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The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.

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He who thinks little errs much.

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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

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Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

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Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.

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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

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To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.

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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

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