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    When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

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Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

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You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I read more

You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.

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Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what you're going to be thinking tomorrow.

Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what you're going to be thinking tomorrow.

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Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by read more

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.

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When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon read more

When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon our souls.

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We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained. - The Way of the read more

We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained. - The Way of the Heart.

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Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is read more

Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others.

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A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.

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That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

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