Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

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life without love, is no life at all

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Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.

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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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The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

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You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

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