Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

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Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

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Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another.

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Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?

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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

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I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

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I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

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Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

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