History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

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All revolutions are conceived by idealists, implemented by fanatics, and its fruits are stolen by scoundrels.

aphorism by Thomas Carlyle
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

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If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, give her the benefit of the doubt.

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When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

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Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.

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Enjoy things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.

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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

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There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.

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The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

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