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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.  
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affe...  
Achilles absent was Achilles still!  
Choose an author as you choose a friend.  
Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a co...  
Experience is the extract of suffering.  
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs...  
He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome co...  
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there ...  
Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dyin...  
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it wi...  
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book...  
Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.  
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not ami...  
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my pe...  
The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he...  
The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when th...  
The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out an...  
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, mod...  
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.  
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thr...