Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate you are sure to wake up somebody.

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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not, and often times we call a man cold when

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not, and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.

I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.

Fame comes only when deserved and then is as inevitable as destiny for it is destiny.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny for it is destiny.

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

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