The barb in the arrow of childhood suffering is this its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.

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Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

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Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.

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The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee.

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In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed.

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When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break.

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Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

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Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections so shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways.

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As the moon retaineth her nature, though darkness spread itself before her face as a curtain, so the Soul remaineth perfect even in the bosom of the fool.

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Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise be wise and thou art happy.

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