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    Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes.

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The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the read more

The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.

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You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. read more

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs read more

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

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The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

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Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever, is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of read more

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever, is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. [Philippians 4:8].

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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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Re-examine all you have been told . . . Dismiss what insults your Soul. -Walt Whitman.

Re-examine all you have been told . . . Dismiss what insults your Soul. -Walt Whitman.

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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

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Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

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