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How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems."
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"The three indispensables of genius are understanding, feeling, and perseverance. The three things that enrich genius are contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and exercising the memory."
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"Ambition is an idol, on whose wings Great minds are carried only to extreme; To be sublimely great or to be nothing."
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"If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."
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"Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life."
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