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A book worth reading is worth buying.  
A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it witho...  
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a gre...  
A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay fo...  
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and t...  
An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.  
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal tr...  
As a camel beareth labor, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through de...  
Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the f...  
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed ...  
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the book...  
Civilization is the making of civil persons.  
Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suf...  
Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for wh...  
Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, t...  
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.  
Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift...  
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go ...   Art
Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.  
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the b...  
He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, t...  
He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything bu...  
How long most people would look at the best book before they would giv...  
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.  
I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but neve...  
Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on t...  
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things ar...  
It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more...  
It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.  
It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.  
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or le...  
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting s...  
Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by...  
Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They l...  
Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them...  
Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and ...  
Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to...  
Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved...  
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of ...  
Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best o...  
No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no a...  
No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its...  
No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especia...  
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain;...  
Not only is there but one way of doing things rightly, but there is on...  
Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.  
Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly,...  
Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of n...  
One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.  
People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, ...  
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent e...  
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most usel...  
Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in the...  
Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restle...  
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is ...   Nature
Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.  
The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who ...  
The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bough...  
The first condition of education is being able to put someone to whole...  
The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don...  
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clea...  
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, bu...  
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is abs...  
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the m...  
The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake ...  
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity...  
The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demons...  
There is no wealth but life.   Life
They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving ...  
To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.  
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education...  
Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.  
When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.  
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.  
When we build, let us think that we build for ever.  
Whether for life or death, do your own work well.  
You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest ...