Wonder is from surprise, and

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

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Action is the highest perfection

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

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Most of the appearance of

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

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Innocence is like polished armor;

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

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Passion is the drunkenness of

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.

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Truth will lose its credit,

Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none.

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It is idleness that creates

It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done.

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Speech was given to the

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

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Defeat should never be a

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

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If there be any truer

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

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