There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.
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We live in deeds not years In thoughts not breaths In feelings not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.
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We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives, Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.
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There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
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