Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
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Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study.
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FOR WHAT A MAN WOULD LIKE TO BE TRUE, THAT HE MORE READILY BELIEVES.
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Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.
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In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.
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Knowledge is power.
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A prudent question is one half of wisdom.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations.
