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It takes two to speak truth - One to speak, and another to hear.
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It is the greatest of all advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.
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It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.
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It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it
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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
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It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.
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It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
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It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
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It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
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It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.
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It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
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It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves
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It is not enough to be busy the question is what are we busy about
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It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
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It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
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It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one's being alone. It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.
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It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.
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It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
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It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
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It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
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Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.
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In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions know that you are alone in the world.
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In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.
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In wildness is the preservation of the world. - from Walking
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In the long run you only hit what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.
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In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.
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In the long run, you hit only what you aim at: Therefore aim high.
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