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 I care not what your education is, elaborate or nothing, what your mental calibre is, great or small, that man who concentrates all his energies of body, mind and soul in one direction is a tremendous man.  Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized. No one is happy all his life long. Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharp-eneth the countenance of his friend. - Bible It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world. Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt. Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like monotony. What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear and with a manly heart. If solid happiness we prize, within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam; the world has nothing to bestow, From our own selves our bliss must flow, And that dear hut-our home. My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. We must endure what fortune sends. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in the country. Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it, anything but live for it. The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited, they make a success of their lives. Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves. Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. 
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