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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
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Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.
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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
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A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
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Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.
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Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion.
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
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Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.
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No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated.
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Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.
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That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.
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The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.
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