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Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

There is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn. I’m not certain what the difference is, but I do know that if you butt your head against a stone wall long enough, at some point you realize the wall is stone and that your head is flesh and blood.

There is a difference between being convinced and being stubborn. I’m not certain what the difference is, but I do know that if you butt your head against a stone wall long enough, at some point you realize the wall is stone and that your head is flesh and blood.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The wisest is he that knows only that he knows nothing.

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence it’s a matter of inspiration.

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.