Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter; we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them.
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Zeal will do more than knowledge.
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Dandyism is a variety of genius.
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Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
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He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
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If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
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