We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces obstinacy, it sharpens the sense of alienation and strengthens the power of resistance.
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Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feelings, reviews the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the springtime of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human mature, by vivid delineations of its tenderest and softest feelings, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions, helps faith to lay hold on the future life.
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Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat.
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As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty helps us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
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The acquisition of these aircraft (Cirrus) strengthens our commitment to move to an all-glass fleet.
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It also strengthens our No. 1 positions in the application business in North America. And it moves us closer to our goal of being No. 1 in applications globally.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist in our helper.
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My passion strengthens daily to quit political turmoil, and retire into the bosom of my family, the only scene of sincere and pure happiness.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.
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Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper
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Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Happiness is good for the body but sorrow strengthens the spirit.
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