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Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by...

The battle of life is in most cases fought uphill and to win it without a...

I'm as happy a man as any in the world for the whole world seems to smile...

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others he will bear and...

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our...

Hope... is the companion of power and the mother of success for who so hopes...

Hope is like the sun which as we journey toward it casts the shadow of our...

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry lost knowledge by study lost health...

The very greatest things - great thoughts discoveries inventions - have...

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they much oftener...

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover...

The experience gathered from books though often valuable is but the nature...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts...

Progress however of the best kind is comparatively slow. Great results...