Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
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To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
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Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.
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People have a natural tendency to flee to the mountains when things get tough.
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