Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.
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Do not judge men by mere appearances for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
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Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So it is with people who sometimes cover up the entire disc of eternity with a dollar, and so quench transcendent glories with a little shining dust.
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The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.
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Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth -- the true poet is very near the oracle.
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Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
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Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link, into the great chain of order.
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Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.
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At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
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To me there is something thrilling and exalting in the thought that we are drifting forward into a splendid mystery-into something that no mortal eye hath yet seen, and no intelligence has yet declared.
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The essence of justice is mercy.
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No more important duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
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Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive injury.
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Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.
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Not armies, not nations, have advanced the race; but here and there, in the course of ages, an individual has stood up and cast his shadow over the world.
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The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor.
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Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
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Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
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The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
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Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
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Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
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All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head.
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Reality is only just a word.
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