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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist