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Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but
he is a thinking reed. |
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Man’s greatness lies in his power of
thought. |
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Things are always at their best in their
beginning. |
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Most of the evils of life arise from
man’s being unable to sit still in a room. |
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Animals do not admire each other. A horse does
not admire its companion. |
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There are two types of mind… the
mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views
slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and
applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves. |
