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Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak.

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It is light grief that can take counsel.

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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

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A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation.

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Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled.

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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

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Buy on the rumor; sell on the news.

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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling,
Words that weary and perplex and pander and conceal,
Wake the sounds that cannot lie, for all their sweet beguiling;
The language one need fathom not, but only hear and feel.

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It is not growing like a tree
in bulk doth make man better be;
Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere,
A lily of a day
is fairer in May
Although it fall and die that night,
It was the plant of flower and light,
In small proportions we just beauties see;
And in short measures, life may perfect be.

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