Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing, it goes about and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

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Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us and only for those who were willing to fail are th

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

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    Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

    Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

    My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

    My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

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    Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

    Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love.

    Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love.

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